Westlock

• ‘Feral butchery’: Scottish judge sentences man to life for killing Alberta girlfriend

  The judge said 24-year-old Claire Leveque from Westlock, north of Edmonton, died a squalid and unimaginable death in an episode of frenzied "feral butchery."

  Crime

  Oct 15, 2025
  
• Funky water woes in Westlock almost resolved: Mayor

  For months, the 5,000 people of Westlock have lived with a moldy taste and smell to their tap water.

  Health

  Jan 10, 2025
  
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• LGBTQ students look ahead after Alberta town bans Pride flags, rainbow crosswalks

  In February, a slim majority of the town voted to fly only government flags and paint crosswalks in a white striped pattern.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2024
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• Alberta town’s residents vote in favour of bylaw that will see Pride crosswalk be removed

  The vote on Thursday was a close one, with 663 people voting in favour of the changes and 639 people voting against them.

  Politics

  Feb 23, 2024
• Westlock residents to vote on whether to ban Pride crosswalks, certain flags

  Residents in an Alberta town are getting set to vote on a bylaw that would restrict how crosswalks are painted and what types of flags could be flown.

  Politics

  Feb 21, 2024
• Alberta town to go to the polls for bylaw that would remove Pride sidewalk, restrict flags

  Five months after a Pride crosswalk was painted in Westlock, Alta., the town council started the legislative journey on a bylaw that would have to remove the coloured paint.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2023
• Cleanup underway in Westlock, Alta., after powerful storm tears through town

  Cleanup efforts were underway Tuesday in a town located about 90 kilometres north of Edmonton after a violent storm passed through the community.

  Weather

  Jul 25, 2023
• ‘We’re all one community‘: Large gathering in Westlock to paint Pride crosswalk

  The idea for the crosswalk in Westlock was brought up in a request from R.F. Staples School’s Thunder Alliance, which is the secondary school’s gay-straight alliance (GSA).

  Lifestyle

  Jun 28, 2023
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• Residents in evacuated communities in Westlock County allowed to return home: Alberta RCMP

  People residing between Township Road 592 and 594, and Range Road 15 and 24 are not able to return home after an evacuation notice.

  Fire

  Apr 30, 2023
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• Motorcyclist killed in collision north of Edmonton

  The fatal collision between a motorcycle and a vehicle happened around 2:25 p.m. on Highway 44 and Township Road 594, just south of Westlock, Alta. 

  Traffic

  Jun 20, 2022