Barrhead News

The Northern Lights Snowmobile Club invited the Leader to explore some of its trails in Barrhead County. Here is an Englishman’s take on his first snowmobiling experience.

New faces will be running this year’s Wildrose Rodeo Finals. A committee is to be formed to organize September’s four-day Agrena spectacle. A private meeting to set up the group has been slated for February 19.

The first meeting of the Fort Assiniboine and Area Multi-stakeholder Alliance (FAAMA) featured a presentation by a Fort Assiniboine resident on the future of the community’s school.

French Immersion enrolment at Barrhead Elementary School has risen over the last 13 years, latest figures show. There are currently 108 children in the program offered at kindergarten level through to Grade 6.

Barrhead, prepare to say hello to a Prince. Or perhaps the Swahili “jambo” would be a more appropriate greeting to someone hailing from Africa.

There is sunshine in Main Street. And the outlook for 2013 is promising as well. No, we are not talking about the weather, good as it as been lately. We are talking about a current of optimism after booming Christmas sales.

Introducing Terence Bruce Rowland – Barrhead’s first baby of 2013. Born at 1:54 a.m. on New Year’s Day, he weighs eight pounds and five ounces, and is 20 inches long.

Barrhead and Fawcett vet Iliya Belosevic was suspended from practising for six months over the treatment of a dog needing ligament surgery, according to documents released last week. The Dec.

Pembina Hills regional division chairman Doug Fleming died yesterday. Fleming had been absent from PHRD meetings for several weeks for medical reasons, but recently returned. Yesterday the board’s Acting Supt.

For Barrhead Mayor Brian Schulz the spirit of volunteerism throughout the town is an enormous source of pride. It fills him with hope as the town prepares for one of the biggest events in its history – the 2013 55-plus Summer Games.