Barrhead News

Barrhead town councillors believe the arbitration process proposed to solve the town and county’s ongoing operation funding disagreement will only be a temporary reprieve. At least that is the opinion of Town of Barrhead mayor Gerry St.

The Barrhead and District Agrena Society is one step closer to its goal of raising $1.5 million for the soon to be completed aquatic centre after a $20,000 donation by a Hillcrest Lodge resident.

The Town of Barrhead is hoping the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) and the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) will help them and other municipalities recoup some of the costs incurred when their respective

A small garage was destroyed as the result of the first grass fire of the season. At about 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, the Barrhead Fire Department responded to report to a grass fire near Dunstable on Highway 777.

Barrhead residents are not the only ones targeted by the criminal element says Barrhead RCMP Sgt. Bob Dodds.

Municipal Affairs will impose binding arbitration on the town and county to resolve the ongoing recreational agreement dispute.

A petition filed with Municipal Affairs by residents of Lac Ste. Anne County has failed. Concerned with decisions made by their elected officials, Lac Ste.

The rates for Barrhead’s new aquatic centre are now final. Councillors unanimously accepted the fee schedule put forward by administration at their March 28 meeting.

Turning 100 is just another day, says new centenarian Eric Beniston. Last week, the Hillcrest resident, who turned 100 on March 26, celebrated his birthday with friends and family in the common room of Klondike Place.

An Internet service provider believes having reliable and fast high-speed connectivity is one of the keys to a municipality’s prosperity.