Barrhead News

Starting in the spring of 2018 Barrhead town residents will be saying goodbye to back lane garbage pickup — at least if everything goes according to schedule.

It is a beautiful building. That was the consensus of the more than 70 people who attended the Sept. 13 official ribbon cutting for Lac Ste. Anne County’s (LSAC) new administration building about two kilometres south of Sangudo.

Woodlands County councillors believe medical marijuana might cure many of the issues the Hamlet of Fort Assiniboine faces. On Sept.

Area artist Roberta Peirson is the Barrhead Art Gallery’s artist-of-the-month for September. Peirson has worked with a variety of mediums over the decades she has been a painter and says there is always time to try something new.

Misty Ridge Ski hill will open for business this winter. The question is for how long and in what capacity. That is what Misty Ridge Society board chair Kerry McElroy told the Barrhead Leader last week.

Long-time Barrhead area resident and business person Mark Vriend is taking his second attempt at the mayor’s chair. In his first mayoral run, four years ago, Vriend lost to Gerry St.

Nadine and Uwe Quedenbaum have a decision to make.

After a four-year hiatus Dave McKenzie hopes to return to Barrhead town council, but this time as mayor.

Woodlands County councillors for the Blue Ridge, Goose Lake and Fort Assiniboine communities are all standing for re-election, Oct. 16. First elected in 2004, Blue Ridge Coun.

It is a municipal election year and several County of Barrhead councillors have announced they will be seeking another term.