Barrhead News

Ever since she was a little girl running around on the family farm, Laura Cox has been spellbound by horses. There is a mystique, a majesty about them that she finds hard to describe. They touch her artistic spirit in a way no other creature can.

Shortly after arriving in Ukraine, Laurel Beaton sat in her hotel room listening to church bells ringing and feeling she was in a dream. Back in her homeland for the third time, she was full of conflicting emotions.

A $700,000 fund-raising campaign has been launched for the 2013 Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games in Barrhead and Westlock.

Here’s a chance to give your taste buds the best workout ever. Just show up at Barrhead Elementary School gym on Saturday, Sept. 29 – and bring a healthy appetite, a hunger for culinary diversity and a willingness to try anything at least once.

Well, that was some birthday party. Sangudo may only be a tiny hamlet these days, but last weekend it had the hustle and bustle of a market town as its population suddenly exploded. Hundreds descended on the Lac Ste.

From the moment their plane touched down, 13 Barrhead dancers were in a New York state of mind.

Dozens of jobs could be created by a proposed $12 million gravel project in Barrhead County. Fort McMurray-based Stony Valley Contracting Ltd. says it has found a “significant” gravel deposit at a 640-acre site about 30 miles from downtown Barrhead.

A gap in Barrhead’s continuing care services is affecting more than 30 seniors, Hillcrest’s top administrator said last week. It means some people go to Westlock, Whitecourt or Onoway to receive specialized care.

The day may have been dreary outside, but inside the walls of the Barrhead Library was a warm and welcoming atmosphere Tuesday, June 5.

Not too far from downtown Barrhead there is a crabapple tree. Of course there are more than a few of these trees throughout the area, but there is something special about this one.