Barrhead News

It’s been roughly seven months since former Pembina Hills school division Supt. Richard Harvey left and residents of the area are not much closer to learning why.

For 11-year-old Tyler Gerke of Edmonton, a home means somewhere to enjoy life with his family. Tyler, who is the nephew to Penny Stephani of Barrhead, is the second-place winner of the Meaning of Home contest, hosted by Genworth Financial Canada.

Barry Hennessey is keeping an optimistic attitude that the Supreme Court of Canada will allow his family to plead for reconsideration of the prison sentences imposed on his son, Shawn, and Dennis Cheeseman.

Barrhead residents and business owners made it abundantly clear they want the Alberta 55 Plus Games.

To fluoridate, or not to fluoridate – that is the question a group of concerned parents are asking in Barrhead. Melissa Brade is a parent of a child who attends Dunstable School.

A drumbeat filled the multipurpose room March 17 when host families and twinning committee members gathered to bid farewell to seven Japanese delegates from Tokoro.

Bring on the games.

The senior high school program at Fort Assiniboine School will be closed come the new school year. Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7 made the decision on March 16 to close the program, which will affect students in grades 10 to 12.

Woodlands County is setting the record straight with its involvement in the potential closure of the senior high school program and Fort Assiniboine School.

Seatbelts save lives, and if anyone is found not wearing one in a vehicle, they will be fined. It’s that simple, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is stressing that fact through its Occupant Restraint campaign. Barrhead RCMP detachment Sgt.