Barrhead News

Never in her wildest dreams did Barrhead Healthcare Centre site director Heather Thompson think she’d see more than $43,000 raised in less than two months. That’s exactly what happened with this year’s Tree of Hope fundraising campaign.

The Town of Barrhead received funding to help maintain upgraded parks and pay for advertising. The Town received a combined total of $55,000 under the Municipal Sustainability Initiative.

If major changes don’t happen before June 30, the Barrhead Animal Rescue Society may have to close its doors to animals in distress. BARS has been rescuing animals and adopting them out to loving homes for more than a year.

Despite dwindling participation, organizers of the Rotary Music Festival are setting the stage for the 31st annual event.

Water and utility costs in the County of Barrhead are going up. County council approved the increase at its Jan. 11 meeting. The amendment will have an immediate impact on residents’ pocketbook, said County manager Mark Oberg.

Most musicians can only dream about being able to play at New York’s Carnegie Hall. For Barrhead Composite High School students Megan Wruk, Grade 12, and Joel Toews, Grade 11, it’s a reality.

Town council has voted unanimously to scrap a proposed bylaw that would reduce the hours of operation for local liquor stores and off sales at local drinking establishments.

The fate of the senior high school program at Fort Assiniboine School will be decided in the spring. Pembina Hills Regional Division No.

Within 15 minutes of getting off the plane in the Haitian capital of Port au Prince, Barrhead’s Khiya Kooger, 15, knew she would never look at the world the same again.

Sandy Hennessey believes the truth of what actually happened during one of the darkest days in Canadian history won’t be revealed at the fatality inquiry that started Monday at a courthouse in Stony Plain, but she wants to be there just the same.