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Grocery stores cook up deal for lunch program

Grocery stores cook up deal for lunch program

Family and Community Support Services, Freson IGA and the Co-op have devised a winning recipe for the lunch program at Barrhead Elementary School, and organizers will now purchase 100 per cent of their groceries in Barrhead.
Deadline looms for Fort Assiniboine School

Deadline looms for Fort Assiniboine School

The deadline for the future of Fort Assiniboine School’s senior high program is fast approaching, and residents are looking to prevent it from happening. Pembina Hills Regional Division No.
Horner throws his hat in the ring

Horner throws his hat in the ring

If all the other Progressive Conservative Party associations were like that of Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock, Albertans would have no reason to doubt the party’s ability to govern them, according to one candidate in the PC leadership race.
Snowmobile collision claims life of teenager

Snowmobile collision claims life of teenager

A lot of questions have been left following the death of a 16-year-old Neerlandia resident. Tyson Mast was killed Feb. 23 when the snowmobile he was driving collided with a tree somewhere near Neerlandia.
Exercise Slow Release tests disaster management skills

Exercise Slow Release tests disaster management skills

Exercise Slow Release went down in Barrhead Feb. 22, and it took a co-ordinated effort to respond to the mock disaster.
Lunches a hot topic

Lunches a hot topic

It takes a village to raise a child, and that is the reason Family and Community Support Services initiated its hot lunch program at Barrhead Elementary School.
Fake firearm lands local man in hot water

Fake firearm lands local man in hot water

Valentine’s Day could have turned into a tragedy for a 19-year-old Barrhead man if police had not known the gun slung across his back was indeed a replica. RCMP officers from the Barrhead detachment responded to a “front-door” complaint at 5:55 p.m.
Auctioneering life full of thrills

Auctioneering life full of thrills

The auctioneer’s role is often mistaken by the great unwashed as a lot of unintelligible babble, but for one Barrhead-area man with ties to Westlock it’s held a lifelong allure. Ben Kellert’s love of auctioneering led him to Lethbridge on Feb.
Sparrow's Hope to open doors

Sparrow's Hope to open doors

Women looking to get out of an abusive relationship will soon have a safe place to go right in the Westlock-Barrhead area.
Barrhead teen to spend two months in Tanzania

Barrhead teen to spend two months in Tanzania

Eighteen-year-old Kyrie Bauer has a motto in life: Go big, or go home. It’s that zest for life that prompted the Barrhead woman to leave behind family and friends on Feb.
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