Barrhead News

In the near future the Barrhead Regional Aquatics Centre will have a new name and in all likelihood it will have Elks in it. On Jan.

It is a blow to the community. That is how County of Barrhead reeve Doug Drozd characterized the closure of the Timeu Forest Products.

The Edmonton Pregnancy Centre (EPC) hopes to open its Barrhead branch in April. That is what EPC executive director Norah Kennedy told an audience of more than 50 people during a Jan. 10 information session at Barrhead Elementary School.

The sixth of seven planned rounds of negotiations regarding the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is taking place this week in Montreal and Peace River-Westlock MP Arnold Viersen says the uncertainty surrounding the issue is h

A missed curfew in Barrhead resulted in the arrest of a local man and the seizure of drugs and a firearm. Barrhead RCMP arrested Randy Blake Wiebe, 59, of Barrhead on Jan. 12 after Wiebe allegedly breached curfew conditions the night before.

When the Barrhead Orioles midget baseball team heads to Cuba later this month for a week-long good will tour, playing as Team Canada, they will be bringing a piece of the community with them.

Two local landowners, Ray and Sean Steele, will have to wait a little longer to find out whether their application to rezone 40 acres of land from highway commercial (C2) to urban reserve will be approved.

Gravel and sand companies may see costs for those commodities increase in the near future due to a decision County of Barrhead councillors are contemplating.

“Every thing the Liberal Federal government touches turns to dust.” That is how Peace River – Westlock MP Arnold Viersen characterized the Trudeau Federal government’s 27 months in office to County of Barrhead councillors during their Jan. 2 meeting.

The Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast’s run may have ended in 2007, but that doesn’t mean people cannot still see a live stage production of the popular play.