Westlock News

Putting $11,640 towards a library that only a quarter of residents use was just too much for Village of Clyde councillors, who rejected the Westlock Intermunicipal Library Board’s proposal at their Oct. 18 meeting.

Members of the downtown business community met last week to discuss their ideas for the $2.7-million downtown renovation project, which will see a complete repave of Main Street, widened sidewalks and many aesthetic improvements.

Westlock RMCP are “giving a double effort” to patrol the downtown area in light of a recent rise in break-ins to local businesses, Staff Sgt. Bryan Clayton says.

Westlock County used public funds to back Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Ken Kowalski for many years through sponsorship of a hole at his annual golf tournament.

School divisions in the Westlock area will have a bit more breathing room with this year’s budget after last week’s announcement that $107 million dollars will be added to school budgets province-wide.

A man who broke into a Westlock woman’s home and waited for her to return before confining and assaulting her is facing four years in jail, or possibly more.

The results of the Progressive Conservative Party’s leadership election were not finalized until the early hours of Oct. 2, leaving many Albertans going to bed not knowing who their next premier would be.

After a $117,000 overhaul, the zero-depth pool at the Westlock Recreation Centre made a big splash last week. The facility’s new spray park opened to the public Oct.

Emergency services personnel and search and rescue teams continue to comb the Pembina River in eastern Barrhead County in hopes of finding a second man who was swept away on Sept. 27.

Peter Beckett will remain remanded in custody as his first-degree murder charge was adjourned until later this month. The Westlock man was scheduled to have a bail hearing Sept. 27 in B.C.