Westlock County wants Alberta gaming commission to allow for Camrose casino move

Sunday, April 30, 2023 5:49 PM
Photo: Stagewest Hospitality (courtesy)
  • George Blais, Town and Country Today

Westlock County has added its voice to the growing number of municipalities urging the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) to allow Capital City Casinos to move its Camrose Resort Casino to Edmonton.

At their April 25 meeting, councillors voted 7-0 to pen a letter to the board chair and CEO of the AGLC in advance of a May 10 appeal of the September 2021 decision that denied the move. Councillors also agreed to forward the letter to finance minister Travis Toews, area MLAs Glenn van Dijken and Shane Getson, the Town of Westlock and all the municipalities within the Pembina Zone of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA).