Westlock News

The final show of the 2013-2014 Cultural Arts Theatre Series held April 4 was Columbus, Ohio-based physical comedian Robert Post, whose performance consisted of numerous short sketches as different, wacky characters including Chef Pasquale.

One of the two men involved in the theft of mail in the Westlock area has been sentenced to 10 months in jail. Tyler Morgan Peters, 29, appeared in Westlock Provincial Court on April 2 to face 80 charges that stem from an incident on Oct.

Westlock’s apartment vacancy rates are among the lowest in the province, according to a study released by Alberta Municipal Affairs last month.

The Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games committee has made the final decision on which organizations will receive the approximately $340,000 in Legacy Grants, but they’re not ready to tell the general public. Committee chair Gerry St.

No one was injured when a tractor caught fire inside an out building on a farm property northwest of Dapp on March 23. The residents on the property along Range Road 10 north of Highway 661 noticed the fire before 9 a.m.

A relatively new annual Alberta tradition, a winter bug count, has turned up an interesting and unexpected find in a Westlock apartment building — a species of warm-climate ant.

Residents of the northern communities that would be affected by closure of the schools in Jarvie and Fawcett will have one last opportunity to have their voices heard before a final decision is made.

If one conclusion could be drawn from the two public forums the Westlock Library held in Jarvie and Fawcett last week, it’s that residents in both hamlets want to maintain a physical library branch.

Despite the recent provincial budget providing an estimated extra $272,000, the Pembina Hills school division may be facing a shortfall of more than $600,000 in the coming school year due to declining enrolment.

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec says she was surprised when former premier Alison Redford announced her resignation last Wednesday, March 19, but expects it won’t have a significant impact on the running of the province.