Westlock News

With dozens of evacuees from Slave Lake taking up temporary residence in Westlock, the local community has banded together to make the stay as smooth and stress free as possible.

Westlock residents’ response to the plight of their neighbours to the north has so far been “overwhelming,” town manager Darrell Garceau said.

Local firefighters from eight departments were on the scene of a deliberately set fire located about one mile north of Half Moon Lake just into Thorhild County on Tuesday afternoon.

Healthy Families Healthy Futures has been granted $1.1 million from the Alberta government to create a rural network to help reduce relationship violence in the Westlock, Barrhead and Athabasca areas.

Westlock town council has given first reading to a bylaw that will enable the municipality to borrow the additional $3 million needed to complete the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre.

Westlock County is not paying its fair share for recreation services in town, according to information presented at the May 10 county council meeting. Westlock town Coun.

Hundreds of Slave Lake residents fleeing a major wildfire that has devastated their community are now being hosted in Westlock.

R.F. Staples teacher Dean Fagnan gets dunked by Sharon Despins at the school's Carnival held May 13.

Hundreds of students at R.F. Staples took a break from their studies to take part in a variety of activities for the annual Mukluk Day. Pictured are Matthew Renkema (left) and Austin Plamondon testing their strength in the arm wrestling contest.

The Village of Clyde has a new mayor and deputy mayor after Doug Nyal submitted his letter of resignation May 3. At a special council meeting May 3, which Nyal did not attend, the four other councillors voted unanimously to install Coun.