Barrhead News

Schools in the Barrhead and Westlock areas will have a bit more breathing room financially this year after last week’s announcement that $107 million dollars will be added to school budgets province-wide.

A Barrhead family is homeless after a fire ripped through their house on Oct. 14. The Barrhead fire department, EMS and RCMP all responded to the fire on 44 Street a few metres south of 53 Avenue at around 4:45 p.m. on Friday.

When Premier Alison Redford unveiled her new cabinet Wednesday, it included a mix of familiar and new faces, young and veteran politicians, and rural and urban constituencies. Joining Redford around the cabinet table will be Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St.

No injuries have been reported after a natural gas leak northeast of Fort Assiniboine attracted the attention of fire fighters, the RCMP and AltaGas personnel in the evening of Oct. 1.

Hundreds of arts enthusiasts tucked into a feast of culture at a series of major festivals. Barrhead, Onoway, Sangudo and Westlock became centres of creativity during the Alberta Arts Days from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.

Those sirens you heard coming from the fire hall last Wednesday night weren’t because the fire department was rushing off to a call — they were because the department’s new command/rescue vehicle had arrived.

Emergency services personnel and search and rescue teams continue to search the Pembina River in eastern Barrhead County in hopes of finding a second man who was swept away by the river on Sept. 27.

Doug Horner brushed aside his election disappointment to give full backing to Alberta’s first-ever female premier, Alison Redford. “I see myself as a soldier on the battlefield and I have a new commanding officer,” he said.

Anti-abortion campaigners lined Barrhead streets on Saturday to give motorists more to think about than traffic signs.

Barrhead nurses told Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky they are suffering from “burnout” and need extra staff. They also complained about the amount of paperwork they have to deal with and the quality of food served to patients.