Innisfail News

Winter snow has hit Central Alberta with the arrival of a Pacific weather system and about 20 to 30 centimetres of snowfall coupled with freezing temperatures.

The Henday Association for Lifelong Learning (HALL) held a meeting of the minds on Nov. 27 at the Innisfail Library/Learning Centre and emerged with a stronger snapshot of learning deficiencies in Innisfail and area.

Officials with the Innisfail and Area Food Bank are watching thankfully while the community steps up to the plate to fill the agency's shelves for another Christmas season.

The Town of Innisfail is going to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season with its brilliant "Light Up Innisfail" display at a kickoff party on Dec. 4. Starting at 5 p.m.

Penhold councillors held a lively debate on the first draft of the upgraded Traffic Bylaw and discussed feedback from an open house at their Nov. 10 meeting.

Twenty-four hours before Kerry Towle made her stunning announcement on Nov. 24 that she was leaving the Opposition Wildrose party to join the governing Tories she quietly cleaned out her office at the legislature.

Air travel options out of the Red Deer Regional Airport are expanding to one more point north as of Dec. 1. Northwestern Air will travel non-stop between Red Deer and Grande Prairie four days a week departing at 7:30 a.m.

Mounties are investigating another series of car thefts in and around Innisfail. From November 14 to 22, six motor vehicles were stolen in town, while two others – both stolen in Red Deer – were later recovered in Penhold and Innisfail.

The Phil-Can Neighbourhood Association of Innisfail is raising support for the Side Door Project with a “Throwback 60's 70's 80's Retro Christmas Party” on Dec. 6.

Freedom comes at a price. That's the story Simon Ivascu and Wesley Pop live by, and will testify to it at the Innisfail Alliance Church on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. during their Freedom Singers concert.