Innisfail News

Innisfail youth were treated to a Christmas dinner at the Innisfail Youth Facility on Dec. 17 courtesy of the Innisfail Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) and three corporate donors.

The Wildrose party's leader and eight of its elected MLAs crossed the floor in the legislature last week to join Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle as members of the Progressive Conservative party.

Innisfail and District Christmas Bureau volunteers came out by the dozens to donate and fill hampers the evening of Dec. 16 in the temporary warehouse in the Co-op mall.

Nine months after raising $4,500 for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, the new Phil-Can Neighbourhood Association of Innisfail has turned its fundraising efforts to help local youth. On Dec.

Increased cost of living expenses has forced town council to accept a recommendation from administration to hike Innisfail property taxes next year by two per cent.

It only took 44 seconds for the highly anticipated toque toss at the Dec. 5 Innisfail Eagles and Stony Plain Eagles tilt for the first Innisfail goal to trigger the aerial avalanche.

The Penhold Skyhawks have made history. Seventeen minutes into the Penhold Skyhawks-Delburne Trojans girls basketball game on Dec. 10, Jenna Dudar scored the first basket in Skyhawks history.

Chinook Centre School students glued, sparkled, and painted their way to decorating the Hometown Christmas Tree to be unveiled Dec. 18.

The Town of Penhold has denied a Parkland Community Planning Services (PCPS) request for grant support to purchase investment property office space.

A crowd of more than 300 people met the celebrated CP Holiday Train for the fourth time at the corner of 50th St and Fas Gas in Innisfail on Dec. 10 at 2 p.m.