Our Town

The annual Senior’s Craft Fair was held on Saturday, Nov. 25, at the Barriere Seniors’ Hall. The hall was filled with tables loaded to capacity with all manner of seasonal goodies and crafts. Some of the busiest tables were those that sold homemade baking, with at least four such tables at the event.

Barriere Elementary School (BES) held it’s annual Scholastic Book Fair on Nov. 14 and 15. The school and Canada Scholastic Publishing work together on the Fair for mutual benefits as other schools do as well. This company is one of the leading publishers and distributors of children’s books and educational materials in Canada.

By Rhonda Kershaw

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing

By Jill Hayward

One of the many opportunities the students at Barriere Secondary are participating in

By Colleen Hannigan, NTFFRA Parade Marshall

By Jill Hayward

The ESS Reception Centre in Barriere was opened at the Ridge School on July 10 and has been open every day to July 31. Due to registration numbers slowing, the Reception Centre will now only be open on Mondays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. “During that time we dealt with over 500 evacuees, issuing referrals for food and lodging.,” says ESS supervisor Carol Patton, “We had about 24 volunteers who have worked over 900 hours.

Joanne Petersen reports her portable garage (15’x25’) was anchored by eight cement blocks at a property in Darfield. However, a storm that blew through the area on July 7, brought with it a “mini tornado that flung the portable garage up and over the power lines in the yard”. You can see in the attached photograph that the part of the structure hanging over the power line is actually the back of the portable garage, which was facing in the opposite direction when it was in place.