Innisfail News

The leader of the Official Opposition challenged Wildrose members attending last week's fundraiser in Innisfail to support a more inclusive platform and help select top-notch candidates before the next provincial election.

Penhold was successful in slashing its budget down to a zero per cent tax increase, giving the $8.7-million fiscal plan Jan. 28. The blended 2013 budget was approved unanimously and accounts for operating and capital costs.

Parents, teachers and school administrators got a new look at the old problem of badly behaved children when Ross Greene, PhD came to town. In a Jan. 24 speech at Innisfail Jr./Sr.

Laebon plans to go ahead with the Palisades development and engineering a new route for the Waskasoo, though the province has asked for further documentation. At a Jan.

Penhold may be sliced down the centre by Highway 2A, but that's not the superfast expressway newly opened for service. The new thoroughfare is a digital one. On Jan.

Members of the Innisfail Eaglets, a team comprised of young hockey players between the ages of four and six, held a scrimmage between periods of an Eagles hockey game on Jan. 26.

It's smooth sailing for Innisfail's real estate sector in 2013 while sales in Penhold will continue to outpace peer markets, according to a rosy outlook released by the Central Alberta Realtors Association Jan. 31.

Penhold is now officially under the provincial microscope, as a team of three investigators begins to comb through piles of documents, completes one-on-one interviews and takes a long hard look at the town's books.

A new five-year recreation deal between Innisfail and Red Deer County will see an 89 per cent increase in revenues for the town when the agreement reaches it fourth and fifth years.

Town approves wastewater system plan The town has lost its bid with the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater System (SRDRWC) for a reduced rate for wastewater services.