Whitecourt Town Council Update - July 23, 2025

Whitecourt Town Council has awarded the Whitecourt Minor Ball Association with $1,600 in funding from the Sports Hosting Program to host the 11UAA and 18UAA Baseball Alberta Provincial Championship July 25-27, 2025.  The event will host 10 teams from across the province, with expected attendance of 204 players, coaching staff and managers, in addition to parents, friends, family and community spectators throughout the weekend.

Whitecourt Town Council has awarded $1,000 as part of the 2025 Tourism Enhancement Grant to the Whitecourt Agricultural Society to host the 2025 RCMP Musical Ride on August 29, 2025.

Whitecourt has partnered with Northern Gateway Public Schools to host the Career Exposure Summer Camps, and contributed $2,500 to the 2025 program.  The program provides a valuable opportunity for youth across the region to experience exposure to fields or technologies different from what might be offered through the normal school program, while earning school credits.  The camps for 2025 were offered from June 30 to July 11, 2025.  Information on the 2026 program will be posted next spring on www.ngps.ca.

MPE (a division of Englobe) has been awarded a $112,000 plus GST contract to complete engineering services for the Flood Mitigation for Infrastructure Protection projects.  The projects, which are funded under the Alberta Drought and Flood Protection Program (DFPP), will increase flood resiliency of critical infrastructure and include:

• Installing reinforced sheet pilings to protect the raw water intake, construct an earthen berm to protect the site, and raise the gravel access road to the site;
• Raise Mill Road and install a culvert gate to protect access to the Water Treatment Plant and ambulance station;
• Construct a flood protective wall around the west Whitecourt sewer lift station; and,
• Raise the 47 Street access to the natural gas station (golf course near tee box #15).

Tendering and construction of the above projects will be completed in 2026.

Whitecourt Town Council has awarded Whitecourt Work Wear Ltd. with $10,000 in funding under the Vitalization Grant Program.  The Program was established to assist property owners in the Downtown Core and along the Highway 43 Corridor to upgrade the façade of their building to meet the stone and wood architectural theme of the Whitecourt Vitalization Plan.

The updated 2025 Project List, which includes 155 projects, is available to view on www.whitecourt.ca.

The Whitecourt Quarterly Financial Report to the end of June 2025 is available to view on www.whitecourt.ca.  The report identifies revenues and expenditures associated with providing municipal services, and provides highlights on areas of importance and successes.

A street closure has been approved for a car show, hosted by Ralcomm, on August 23.  Reminders about the closure will be posted online closer to the event date.

A letter of support was authorized by Council for the Lac Ste. Anne Foundation to acquire provincially owned parcel of land in Whitecourt, subject to approval of a housing project.