Barrhead News

As Neerlandia’s 100th birthday draws nearer, six individuals who have known Neerlandia longer than most took a trip down memory lane. Sitting around a table on a quiet Thursday afternoon, the small group reminisced on their early years in the hamlet.

You are passionate about history, you love repairing old artifacts, you like dealing with people. What better job than working in a museum? It is a question that Sheldon King has no trouble answering.

When you’re looking for something new and exciting in a community you’ve come to know well, or you’re a tourist in search of a unique experience, sometimes it’s best to take the road less traveled.

Some raised concerns about traffic, noise, pollution and safety, some worried about environmental impact, particularly on the Athabasca River. Others came to listen and learn, others voiced support.

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.