Westlock News

The race to replace Ken Kowalski in Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock has begun, with five candidates vying to take over for the veteran MLA. Alberta’s 28th general election was called March 26, with voters heading to the polls April 23.

Mother Nature had the last laugh on April Fool's Day as roughly 15 centimeters of snow fell on the region. Archie Quilonio was one of many clearing the streets of downtown Westlock on Sunday morning.

The stalled development at the south end of 99 Ave. in Westlock, which has been a source of frustration for many years, is expected to start up again this summer.

As of this Sunday, April 1, the Town of Westlock will no longer be in the ambulance business, and is in negotiations to sell its assets and lease its ambulance bay to a new provider.

David Truckey will replace the late Doug Fleming as Westlock’s representative on the Pembina Hills school board. The final count, provided by returning officer Tracy Meunier after the polls closed at 8 p.m.

Support staff workers at the Westlock hospital may soon have a contract after negotiators settled on a tentative deal earlier this month.

A standing ovation greeted Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock PC Party candidate Maureen Kubinec and Alberta Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk as they took the podium Friday evening at the Westlock Memorial Hall.

It was the fullest Jubilee Arena has been in years, and it was the fullest it will ever be again.

It is with mixed feelings that members of the community come to grips with the end of an era — within a few short months, the Jubilee Arena will be gone with the new Spirit Centre’s parking lot in its place.

It appears that Barrhead resident Leslie Penny will once again represent the Alberta Liberals in the coming provincial election.