Barrhead News

Voters in the Barrhead and Westlock corridor had the opportunity to hear what the five candidates running in Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock had to say at a candidates forum April 11 in Barrhead.

A mighty water treatment plant will grow from the turning of a little sod — mighty enough to care for Barrhead’s needs for at least 25 years. Well, that’s the hope and the plan.

The tradition of pushing a new truck into a fire station harks back to the days of horse-drawn equipment. Some reports say it started in 1830.

By Helen Goldburn’s bedside at her home in England is a photograph of a young man which she always kisses before going to sleep. Once she used to talk to the man as if he were in front of her, but that doesn’t happen any more.

Leafing through an album of Maureen Flinn’s work is like seeing a succession of stills from one of Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns. There are rugged landscapes, creeks, lakes, waterfalls, derelict buildings, grain elevators, sheep and cattle.

Barrhead will be getting a new ambulance station as part of plans to improve the town’s emergency service. Associated Ambulance, the town’s new ambulance service provider, has already started looking for a site.

County residents who regularly use Township Road 604 between highways 769 and 33 should prepare for some short-term pain in exchange for long-term gain.

The race to replace Ken Kowalski in Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock has begun, with five candidates vying to take over for the veteran MLA. Alberta’s 28th general election was called March 26, with voters heading to the polls April 23.

Breaking up is never easy. Sometimes there is bitterness, but in this case there were only expressions of sadness, thanks and praise.

It is turf where Barrhead’s best baseball teams have competed before enthusiastic crowds in bleachers. The Orioles played there, so too the Blue Jays. It was the pride of a proud sporting tradition.