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Rural Alberta man says he was shot at, run over by thieves targeting neighbour’s property
Mike Stuber said suspicious activity was seen at his neighbour's property near Barrhead and so he went to check it out as she feared a theft was taking place while she was away.
#theft #crime #rural #Alberta #Barrhead #AlbertaRCMP
https://globalnews.ca/news/11248237/rural-alberta-crime-gunshot-hit-and-run-property/

Barrhead Cooperative Society emblem on a cast iron drinking fountain in Cowan Park in Barrhead. Dated 1897, it was manufactured by the Sun Foundry in Glasgow.

#glasgow #ironwork #metalwork #barrhead #cooperativesociety #sunfoundry #architecture #architecturephotography

The emblem of the Barrhead Cooperative Society.

Saint John's the Evangelist Church in Barrhead near Glasgow. It was designed by Thomas S. Cordiner and was built in 1961. I love the hexagonal tiles on the front, and I wonder if this is a reference to religious orders keeping bees for their wax, which was traditionally used to make church candles.

#glasgow #barrhead #church #scottishchurches #architecture #scottisharchitecture #hexagon #bees #scotland #architecturalphotography

Tower Rais in Barrhead just outside Glasgow. Built in a castellated Tudor stye in the 1870s, it was first occupied by the owners of the Clark Thread Company, and then later by John Dove, who owned the Great Eastern Hotel in Glasgow.

#glasgow #barrhead #architecture #architecturephotography

A Tudoresque Victorian villa on the outskirts of Glasgow.

Old football leagues:
Arthurlie F.C. played in the Scottish Football Federation (and in Scottish Junior Football West Premier League, Scottish Football Alliance, Scottish Football League).
Grounds: Dunterlie Park.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurlie_F.C%2E

#ScottishHistory #ScottishFootball #Barrhead

Alberta's Melissa Lotholz earns her 1st World Cup medal as a bobsleigh pilot
Melissa Lotholz of Barrhead, Alta., won her 20th career bobsleigh medal, but her first as a pilot, by claiming bronze in the IBSF World Cup 2-woman bobsleigh race in Lillehammer, Norway. Meanwhile, it's a first World Cup medal for her brakewoman, Skylar Sieben of Cochrane, Alta.
#sports #achievement #bobsleigh #Alberta #Barrhead #Lillehammer
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6650851?cmp=rss

Orphaned, emaciated black bear, found near Barrhead, Alberta, saved from starvation
The Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation says it has rescued a black bear cub, found alone and starving near Barrhead, Alta., and is working to nurse it back to health.
#wildlife #rescue #Barrhead #Alberta #Environment #AIWC #AlbertaInstituteforWildlifeConservation #Albertaorphanedbearcubs
https://globalnews.ca/news/10924147/orphaned-emaciated-black-bear-found-northern-alberta-saved-starvation/

Removal of Treaty 6 flag in Barrhead a 'step backwards' for reconciliation: Grand Chief
Treaty No. 6 First Nations Grand Chief Cody Thomas says the removal of the Treaty 6 flag in municipalities is a “mistake” and a “step backwards” for reconciliation.
#reconciliation #politics #Barrhead
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/removal-of-treaty-6-flag-in-barrhead-a-step-backwards-for-reconciliation-grand-chief-1.7134139