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The best of the best on display at the Barrhead & District 4-H Beef and Sheep Achievement Day

Fifty-ninth-annual show and sale held May 29

Jun 6, 2023 3:00 PM Read more >

Area students participate in mock provincial election vote

Results mirror the real election with Glenn van Dijken and the UCP coming out on top, but the UCP losing provincially

Jun 6, 2023 1:00 PM Read more >

Glenn van Dijken rolls to third term

UCP incumbent defeats NDP challenger Landen Tischer by more than 10,000 votes

Jun 5, 2023 1:00 PM Read more >

Orioles beat Westlock rivals for first home win

The Barrhead Orioles won their second game of the season and the first at home by defeating their Highway 18 rivals, the Westlock Red Lions 8-5 on May 31.

Jun 4, 2023 1:00 PM Read more >

Old skateboard ramps get a second life

Once refurbished Cousins Skateboard Community will use the former Barrhead ramps to create a mobile skatepark for Indigenous communities

Jun 3, 2023 1:00 PM Read more >

Downtown bullwhipper gets suspended sentence

Justice tells Barrhead man he needs to think of people other than himself

Jun 2, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

New cameras on Pembina Hills buses allowing for prosecution of fly-bys

Assurance report details ridership, safety initiatives and transportation-related challenges for school division

Jun 1, 2023 4:00 PM Read more >

From Edmonton to Fort Assiniboine on foot

Town of Barrhead Coun. Rod Klumph plans to mark the hamlet’s 200-year milestone by retracing a hybrid version of the Klondike Trail

May 31, 2023 11:00 AM Read more >

Temporary road closure approved for Walk of Reconciliation

Main Street to be closed to traffic until noon as part of National Indigenous Peoples Day festivities

May 30, 2023 1:30 PM Read more >

BREAKING: Incumbent Glenn van Dijken wins in a landslide

UCP loses some ground to NDP but is otherwise projected to secure firm majority

May 30, 2023 12:01 AM Read more >