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Stephani Motors service technicians wins Alberta Master Tech competition

Stephani Motors service technicians wins Alberta Master Tech competition

Stephani Motors service manager Stan Viersen is proud of his team. And he has reason to because recently four of the service technicians in his shop qualified for Chrysler Canada’s Master Tech provincial competition in Red Deer, on May 31.
Neerlandia Public Christian School Class of 2019

Neerlandia Public Christian School Class of 2019

Neerlandia Public Christian School (NPCS) teacher Dallas Lee is confident this year’s Grade 9 graduates will continue to inspire the people they meet as they embark on the next chapter of their lives.
Canada Day events planned for Barrhead, Neerlandia

Canada Day events planned for Barrhead, Neerlandia

Kevin Berger – Leader Staff Barrhead residents have a couple of options for celebrating Canada Day this Monday, July 1, including a carnival in Barrhead and a tractor pull in Neerlandia.
MP introduces Putting Victims First Act

MP introduces Putting Victims First Act

Kevin Berger – Leader Staff Peace River-Westlock MP Arnold Viersen has introduced legislation to amend the Criminal Code of Canada to establish a mechanism where youth victims of sexual exploitation can more easily lift a publication ban, allowing th
Ripple Connection needs community’s help to continue its expansion efforts

Ripple Connection needs community’s help to continue its expansion efforts

The Ripple Connection Support Centre (RCSC) needs your help if they are going to be able to expand not only their services but their building.
Taking the first step to rebrand the municipality

Taking the first step to rebrand the municipality

The Town of Barrhead’s crest may no longer include the Blue Heron.Or maybe it will. It will largely depend on what Ion Brand Design comes up with as a new logo.
Western Provinces Hockey Association approaches town to gauge interest in possible junior hockey franchise

Western Provinces Hockey Association approaches town to gauge interest in possible junior hockey franchise

Is Junior ‘A’ hockey coming to Barrhead? While the initial response from the Town of Barrhead was an enthusiastic “yes,” it seems there are a number of questions that councillors need an answer to before they decide to pursue the possibility in earne
Municipal public reserve land discussion

Municipal public reserve land discussion

County of Barrhead council knows it has a problem. A large percentage of Thunder Lake residents bordering the county’s municipal public reserve lands are using either deliberately or inadvertently as an extension of the land as their own property.
Charges stayed against former superintendent

Charges stayed against former superintendent

Kevin Berger – Leader Staff The charges facing former Pembina Hills Public Schools superintendent Colleen Symyrozum-Watt have been stayed by the Crown, meaning that a trial originally set for early July in Barrhead will no longer go ahead.
BCHS photography students take a bite out of the Big Apple

BCHS photography students take a bite out of the Big Apple

If a picture does say a thousand words, then the students of Barrhead Composite High School’s (BCHS) portrait photography program returned home from their trip to New York City with enough words to fill hundreds, if not thousands of novels about the
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