Barrhead News

Barrhead Animal Rescue Society is starting to collect the right ingredients for a successful recipe. Earlier this year, the society staved off closing its doors.

Ken Kowalski is not retiring. The Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA announced on Aug. 14 that he would instead seek a tenth term.

A Barrhead man truly believes that a person doesn’t have to be born in a town to care about their town. The only thing is, Trevor Downer lives in Barrhead, Scotland, not Barrhead, Alberta.

The RCMP’s Commercial Crimes Unit has finished a report on a fraud investigation at the Pembina Hills school division and forwarded the information to provincial Crown prosecutors, Barr-head RCMP’s Sgt. Bob Dodds said.

A beaver dam no longer impedes the flow of water near a lagoon within the County of Barrhead.

The Parent Link Centre hosted its annual day in the park at a local Barrhead park.

The trash talk will finally come to an end after the Regional Landfill Committee voted in favour of new hours of operation. As of Oct. 1 of this year, there will be changes to the hours of operation at the Regional Waste Management Facility.

Mother Nature smiled this year upon the organizers of the Blue Heron Fair Days. For the most part, the rain held off during the most important times throughout the weekend.

Crop producers affected by the floods will be able to access approximately $448 million in federal-provincial AgriRecovery funding that will help farmers and ranchers address challenges caused by excess moisture.

A 33-year-old Barrhead woman and a 30-year-old Gunn man face a number of charges in an armed robbery on July 28 at the Fas Gas in Barrhead. Shawna Letendre and Craig Dewald have both been arrested in connection to the incident.