Westlock News

Since the snow began to fall earlier this month, the region’s emergency services workers have been a bit busier on the region’s roadways. As of Nov.

One man is dead after a Tawatinaw-area home burned to the ground last week. Police got a call Tuesday, Nov. 22 at around 8:30 a.m. from a passerby who noticed the house near Township Road 614 and Range Road 245 was no longer standing.

A Westlock-area school was among 54 Alberta schools to be recognized for excellence in education at an awards ceremony in Calgary earlier this month.

Two Alberta men will face a judge in the new year after a routine traffic stop allegedly found them in possession of marijuana with the purpose of trafficking, RCMP say. Sgt.

Although from the outside it doesn’t look like there’s a whole lot of progress being made on the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre, that’s just because the work is now all being done on the inside of the facility.

While attempting to gas up on Wednesday morning, a semi-trailer hauling a track feller buncher (a piece of equipment used in forestry) accidentally smacked into the canopy of the Petro-Canada gas station outside of Clyde. Clyde firefighters had to stay on the scene for a few hours to make sure the structure did not collapse while an engineer came to have a look at it.

The Pembina Lodge expansion is quickly becoming a reality, thanks to 30 modular units being lifted into place early last week. By the time the Westlock Foundation held its cube installation ceremony on Tuesday, Nov.

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Ken Kowalski was the guest speaker at the Tuesday, Nov. 8 Chamber of Commerce meeting, where things got heated when he faced questions from political opponents and attendees.

Westlock RCMP Const. Jim Jimmo will be out on the county roads full time as he has been selected to fill the enhanced policing position with the county. Council approved creating the position through a series of meetings last spring.

A small crowd of about 50 people were at the Westlock Cenotaph Friday afternoon to see about two dozen doves released. Earlier in the day about 1,000 people packed the Westlock & District Community Hall for the official Remembrance Day ceremony. Also on Nov. 11 more than 100 people packed the Clyde Community Hall for the village's Remembrance Day ceremony before moving outdoors to the cenotaph.