Barrhead News

When all is said and done the Barrhead RCMP expect to lay in excess of 50 charges after they found countless stolen items ranging from drugs and firearms to watches, contact lenses, cell phones, clothing as well as a number of credit cards, passports

Santa’s elves will be helping children in Barrhead write their letters to the North Pole during the Christmas Light-up, which will be held in downtown Barrhead this Friday, Nov. 16.

Would you do it again? That is a question one of the Grade 5 students from Barrhead Elementary School (BES) asked Herman Barkemeyer during the school’s annual veteran’s tea at the Barrhead Public Library on Nov. 1.

Residents of Brookside Village want Town of Barrhead councillors to help a shrubbery they believe to be a serious traffic hazard.

The sacrifice Sgt. Robert McEwan made was not in vain and will not be forgotten, if Mary Wright has anything to say about it. McEwan, a Barrhead native and member of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, was killed in action on Aug.

When Phyllis Webstad was six-years-old and about to start school, her aunt took her shopping for some nice clothes to wear on her first day. Deciding on a bright orange shirt, Webstad wore her new clothes with pride as she attended school at the St.

The legalization of marijuana in Canada is no laughing matter for Peace River-Westlock MP Arnold Viersen. “Canada’s Conservatives are seriously concerned about the consequences of this,” he said.

All’s well that ends well. This idiom, popularized by William Shakespeare, in his play of the same title, refers to something that concludes satisfactorily even though the events that led to the conclusion were everything but.

The Pumpkin Walk is a Barrhead tradition, one that the community was very close to losing. However, thanks to a group of local volunteers the popular event has been given a reprieve.

The Town of Barrhead and Main Street businesses need work to become accessible to all residents. But the good news is that many accessibility issues can be resolved, at least temporarily, without having to break the bank.