Barrhead News

What writer doesn’t like to make money from his talent? When local author and poet Greg Chance Hansen sat inside the entrance to Barrhead Co-op recently for a book sale, he had plenty of dollars and cents in mind.

Barrhead’s annual Festival of Trees has continued to grow since its start in 2010, and this year was no exception. The event, put on by the Barrhead Chamber of Commerce, held a Christmas Market and Craft Sale on Friday, Nov. 29 and Saturday, Nov.

Barrhead and other rural Alberta communities are losing out because of “discriminatory” curbs on where casino fundraisers can be held.

Hundreds gathered at the Alberta Legislature on Nov. 30 to rally for the future of distance learning in the province, including about 40 from Pembina Hills.

It was numbingly cold, it had started to rain and the roads were treacherous. There was never any doubt, however, that the 14 people who assembled outside Alberta Distance Learning Centre at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday were going by bus to Edmonton.

Arjan Koekkoek steps into a green pair of rubber boots sitting outside the door of his broiler barn. As he opens the door to the barn, a wave of heat flows out into the frigid November air.

Last month 17-year-old Hayley Watt excelled in two classes at the 2013 American Quarter Horse Congress in Ohio. Here she relives her experience and outlines future goals. *** And so it all comes down to three minutes.

Teachers are taking their concerns about distance education funding to the Alberta Legislature this weekend.

Next May a group of Barrhead band students will be learning the rhythms of the Caribbean island of Cuba. They will sample not just Afro-Cuban singing and dancing, but also the beat and pace of a very different lifestyle to Canada’s.

Fundraising for Barrhead’s annual Tree of Hope campaign officially kicked off for the holiday season Nov. 13. The goal for the Healthcare Center this year is a total of $22,500, but this amount is not going towards just one new item for the hospital.