Barrhead News

Nearly four months after officially taking office, rookie Peace River-Westlock MP Arnold Viersen has now set up his official offices in Ottawa and Barrhead.

The Barrhead community has many programs that highlight or benefit its residents, and one of those is the Student of the Month, sponsored in part by the Barrhead &District Chamber of Commerce, as well as local businesses.

Do you know why wolves are an important part of the ecosystem or how and why finding a person’s fingerprints can be beneficial to solving crime? The answers to those and many other questions could be found at Barrhead Elementary School on Monday, Feb

More than 20 people packed into Barrhead town council chambers to voice their opinions about a land use amendment bylaw (06-2016) during a public hearing on Tuesday, March 8.

Barrhead is full of generous, caring people who regularly volunteer their time and the town and county want to know about them. On April 13, the town and county will honour the area’s volunteers during the annual Volunteer Appreciation Night.

Woodlands County council needs more time to come up with a way to properly engage the residents in the Fort Assiniboine and Goose Lake region before they make a decision whether or not to financially support the Barrhead Regional Aquatic Centre.

There is no rest for the weary, nor the hardworking, according to Barrhead Fire Chief John Whittaker. The last weekend of February was a busy one for the Barrhead Fire Department, Whittaker said during a phone interview on Monday, Mar.

Canadian country music star Ryan Laird told the students of Fort Assiniboine School to be themselves and to follow their dreams during a special concert at the school on Thursday, Feb. 25.

Have you ever wondered what barbers and hair stylists do with all the hair they sweep up after giving their clients a hair cut? According to Brandy Atkinson, of Green Circle Salons, the majority of all hair clippings, hair product chemicals, or other

For the last 12 years, Shallon Touet has been Arena and Parks manager for the District of Vanderhoof, a small town in the interior of B.C., but on Monday, April 4, he will have a new job – Parks and Recreation director for Barrhead.