Barrhead News

Despite the perception, the crime rate is going down in the County of Barrhead. That is what RCMP Sgt. Bob Dodds told County of Barrhead councillors during their Feb. 5 meeting.

A detached garage at a residence along 55th Street in Barrhead was destroyed in a fire on the evening of Feb. 3. Town fire chief Gary Hove said the Barrhead Fire Department was called out to the fire just after 5 p.m.

As temperatures plummeted to below -40 C from Feb. 3-8, school bus services were cancelled in several jurisdictions, albeit not consistently. While all bus routes in Aspen View Public Schools and Sturgeon Public Schools Division were cancelled Feb.

As temperatures fell below -30C, a power outage resulted in a loss of heat for hundreds of residents in the County of Barrhead and Lac Ste. Anne County for about four hours on Feb. 2.

Nomination forms are now available for the Volunteer Appreciation awards that are handed out each year in Barrhead during National Volunteer Week, which will run April 7-13, 2019.

To access the majority of Barrhead Public Library services you need a library card and to get one you need to purchase a membership.

Pembina Hills Public Schools continues to meet most of the class-size targets established by the Alberta Commission on Learning (ACOL) except in Grades K-3, where the local average class size is slightly above the recommended ceiling.

Town of Barrhead mayor Dave McKenzie is characterizing a rift between two landowners who believe the town was competing directly with them for potential customers using taxpayers’ money as a misunderstanding. In an advertisement in Jan.

The Barrhead Elks Lodge presented a $40,000 donation on Jan. 15 to the Barrhead Agricultural Society, which they will put towards Phase 1 of improvements to the Bablitz Exhibition Hall.

The cover of Richard Erlendson’s new book “Journey to Bethlehem: 20 Years of Proclaiming Jesus As the Reason for the Season” is an image of the St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fort Assiniboine.