Barrhead News

Members of parliament held an emergency debate on Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban at the House of Commons Jan. 31 and Peace River-Westlock MP Arnold Viersen says Canada needs to get its own house in order before questioning another country’s policies.

The federal government announced it is abandoning a commitment to reform the electoral system and opinions differ whether or not it matters.

With the economy in a downturn and an agricultural state of emergency declared at the onset of the winter, the County of Barrhead is looking to alternative crops for sources of revenue and deputy reeve Bill Lee says he thinks he has found one.

For the second-straight meeting, Barrhead town council told a recreation based business or organization to expect a possible rate increase. At their Jan.

A Barrhead Composite High School (BCHS) teacher has been charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a young person. On Jan. 25, Barrhead RCMP officers arrested and charged a 43-year-old man following a Jan.

Greyson Williams might not be able to walk or talk yet, but the infant might be one of the best instructors at Fort Assiniboine School when it comes to teaching students empathy.

The 424-page Municipal Government Act (MGA) is currently under review and the Alberta government is asking for municipalities to make recommendations through a survey entitled Continuing the Conversation.

Conservative backbencher Arnold Viersen says proposed legislation by the federal Liberals, to repeal parts of Bill C-42 — the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Bill, is unnecessary bureaucracy and will require gun owners to carry more than one permit.

Barrhead women concerned about developing breast cancer will be able to get a mammogram test without going into the city. From Feb. 13 to 25, Alberta Health Service’s mobile mammography units, called Screen Test, will come to the W.R.

The Canadian Blood Services (CBS) continues to be impressed by the generosity of the community of Barrhead says charge nurse, Terry Parsons. The CBS-sponsored blood donor clinic at the multipurpose room of the Barrhead Agrena Jan.