Westlock News

There are now two empty Clyde council seats that need to be filled after Coun. Bob Gault tendered his resignation last week.

Jim Wiese has been elected the new Westlock County councillor in Division 3. Wiese won the June 25 vote with 134 votes, or 68 per cent of the 197 votes cast.

Westlock played host to an important cancer study last week when the Tomorrow Project set up its community study centre in the Westlock Inn on June 19-20.

Village of Clyde Coun. Diana Vosseler has resigned her seat at the council table, prompting a probable summer byelection. Vosseler first announced her resignation in a letter to village interim CAO Annette Schwab on June 1.

Using all their strength, Troy Hampton (at back), Timothy Kwan (in red), Emmanuel LaBouxciere (in blue) and Karter Zadunayski pull hard to win the tug of war at the Clyde Summer Solstice on Saturday. For more photos from the event see this week's print or e-edition of the Westlock News.

“It’s been quite a journey.

The petition calling for a dissolution study in the Village of Clyde has completed the verification process, but it could still be many weeks before residents are told the results.

With the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre now being officially open, recreation programming opportunities in Westlock will be more plentiful than ever before.

Spirit of Westlock Foundation president Wayne Peyre applauds as mayor Bruce Lennon cuts the ribbon on the new Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre Saturday afternoon. See the print edition for more on the event.

This Saturday’s grand opening celebration for the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre represents the culmination of more than five years of work on the project.