Barrhead News

Woodlands County mayor Jim Rennie and Fort Assiniboine Coun.

The Barrhead and District Family Community Support Services (FCSS) Family Violence program staff has just doubled. Last week Cheri Jantz joined Heidi Magus as a family violence prevention worker.

Amalgamation is no longer an option. That is what the County of Barrhead told Michael Scheidl, manager of municipal disputes resolution services through Municipal Affairs.

If Woodlands County residents notice an increase on their property tax notice, it will not be because of a mill rate increase from the county.

Alberta’s Municipal Affairs minister, Danielle Larivee, is giving the respective councils of the town and county of Barrhead six months to come up with a new recreation agreement. And if they don’t, Larivee said her ministry is prepared to intervene.

Months of hard work are paying off for the Barrhead Community Support Group.

At their April 26 meeting, Barrhead town councillors unanimously accepted a request from an applicant to withdraw a zoning request and cancel any further readings of Bylaw 06-2016. The bylaw, which council gave first reading to Feb.

The loss of a local nurse tied to a number of sexual health programs will be keenly felt at Barrhead Composite High School.

A Mayerthorpe volunteer firefighter has been charged in connection with a series of fires, including one that caused the destruction of a CN Railway bridge.

Alberta’s budget is all about creating jobs. That is what Joe Ceci, Alberta’s minister of finance and Calgary-Fort MLA, told an audience of about 40 people at the Barrhead and District Chamber of Commerce meeting on April 21.