Barrhead News

On the weekend of Saturday, Nov. 21, hundreds of people visited Fort Assiniboine for the first night of a tradition called the Journey to Bethlehem.

The Alberta Snowmobile Association (ASA) is hoping to make students safer one school at a time. On Wednesday, Nov.

Crown council is just as frustrated as anyone else in the increase in crime and some of the sentences criminals are receiving. That is what Jeff Morrison, chief crown prosecutor, told town council during their regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Sgt. Bobb Dodds, Barrhead RCMP detachment commander, had some good news and bad news to report to Barrhead town council during their regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Henny Mast remembers it well. On May 10, 1940 the first Nazi German troops crossed the border of the Netherlands and they didn’t leave the area until the second half of 1944. At least not in the area Mast lived with her family.

At the regular meeting of Barrhead County Council on Tuesday, Nov. 3, residents of R.R. 60 assembled to voice their concerns over the council’s decision to end the practice of oiling in their area.

Watch Main Street come to life during the annual Christmas Light Up on Friday, Nov. 13. Families, friends and business owners are all invited to take part in the festivities and celebrate the Christmas season on Main Street.

Every year we have fewer war veterans left, who fought in World War II. Yet, there are still some seniors in our midst who have vivid memories of living through that war. What follows is a true account of my father’s story.

For those people visiting the Barrhead and District FCSS there are days they may feel the absence of long time FCSS employee, Linda Mueller.

On Saturday, Oct. 24, Barrhead business owners gathered at the Barrhead Golf and Country Club to celebrate their successes during the first Annual Business Excellence Awards.