Innisfail News

INNISFAIL - A continuous stream of family pets have lined up to visit Santa and have their pictures taken with family and the jolly old elf. The annual Pet Pictures with Santa event took place Dec. 3 at Poplar Grove Veterinary Services in Innisfail.

INNISFAIL – There were comments, suggestions and input during the Innisfail Library/Learning Centre's first Community Feedback Tea. The event was held on Nov. 26 at the library. “The day has been good.

BOWDEN - Town councillors are considering closing the rest stop in the community along Highway 2 if they don't receive more money from the province to operate it.

INNISFAIL - The Welcoming Communities Committee is one step closer to welcoming a Syrian family of three. The committee recently finished completing its application and all of the necessary requirements.

The Rotary Club of Innisfail and Innisfail Co-op have partnered to give more personal essential items to the local food bank to distribute to the town's growing number of needy citizens.

With the weather recently turning nasty with blowing snow and bitterly cold temperatures motorists have been caught dangerously off guard on local and area roadways. Between Dec.

INNISFAIL – The town will soon start serious discussions throughout the community for a future arts centre. But what that facility will look like is far from certain as members of council have widely different visions.

PENHOLD – Area residents generously gave to the Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelter (CAWES) at the Battle of the Blades charity hockey game in Penhold.

INNISFAIL - For the first time Innisfail's Johns Manville will be holding a free turkey supper for the less fortunate and those who may be struggling this Christmas.

Red Deer County is holding the line on taxes, with no increases for the second year in a row while achieving a debt-free status for the first time in at least 12 years.