Barrhead News

The Barrhead Orioles are preparing for the upcoming North Central Alberta Baseball League (NCABL) this spring, by doing something unexpected, watching hockey.

The Town of Barrhead wants to help bring in 2015 with a bang. Literally. On Dec. 31, the town’s annual New Year’s eve celebration, Family First Night, will end with the launch of a fireworks display.

In a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, Barrhead Town Council ratified the gentlemen’s agreement the town and county council agreed on at a joint council meeting a week earlier, but not without a lot of discussion.

Landowners will soon be responsible for the payment of their renter’s water and sewer utility bill in the County of Barrhead after a motion was passed during a regular County Council meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 16.

Woodlands County is hoping to get into the high speed Internet business, or at least part of its infrastructure.

It’s official. Barrhead will have a swimming pool, after a tentative agreement made between Reeve Bill Lee, and Mayor Gerry St. Pierre during a joint council meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 10.

After years of hard work and perseverance their dream has finally become a reality. Shady Lane Estate was once just an idea, but now is a a new winery that makes flavourful strawberry wines made in small batches.

They may not have been chanting, but the message the residents of Lac Ste. Anne County were sending was loud and clear. On Friday, Dec. 12 residents of Lac Ste.

‘Tis the season of giving, and Barrhead is known as the community who does just that, and during the Fifth Annual Barrhead Festival of Trees local charities were supported by businesses and individuals in the community.

Students had their eyes opened during the trip of a lifetime, thanks to the Barrhead Twinning Committee. On Thursday, Nov. 6 the committee took off for Tokoro, Japan, a town Barrhead has been twinned with since 1991.