Innisfail News

The life of Christopher Michael Lawrence was celebrated on July 27 by friends and family in Red Deer. About 250 people attended the sombre funeral service for the 15-year-old teen that was held Sunday morning at Red Deer's Parkland Funeral Home.

The tragic accident at Arjon Contsruction Ltd.'s Whispering Hills gravel pit that claimed the life of Innisfail teen Christopher Lawrence has drawn strong attention to workplace safety.

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Innisfail (BBBSI) is seeing an outpouring of community support and generosity. “We have had a good couple of months,” said Tim Howard, executive director of BBBSI.

Whenever Kristina Kinder fell Chris Lawrence was always there to pick her up. When life took Chris for a tumble Kristina would be there for him. Both teens were veterans of the streets. They came from the school of hard knocks.

The Tour of Alberta route through Innisfail has been finalized. Stage 2 of the elite cycling event on Sept.

Following weeks of controversy and overwhelming public opposition, the Town of Innisfail is now looking at different options for the relocation of its waste transfer site.

A tragic accident has claimed the life of 15-year-old Innisfail resident Christopher Lawrence. Lawrence was killed in a workplace accident at the Wintering Hills site near East Coulee in the early morning of July 19.

Innisfail artist Osi Cruz-Lahtinen has survived her first solo art show reception and is poised for future art success.

Westwood Court residents finally had their say at town hall and council was forced to hear an important provincial technical guidance manual for setting up waste transfer sites was overlooked during the town's planning process.

Innisfail's Hartigan family is slowly watching Alzheimer's disease rob them of their husband and father. “My dad was a smooth manly man who always took care of us,” said Lawrence Hartigan Jr. of his father, Lawrence Hartigan Sr.