Innisfail News

Despite chilly temperatures, light snow and it being a weekday morning, at least 200 people came out to see the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train pull into Innisfail on the morning of Dec. 12.

Grade 8 students at Innisfail Jr./Sr. High School put their heads together and organized a games night Dec. 5 to raise funds for the Red Deer SPCA.

Residents can expect a two per cent tax increase next year, representing a $40 jump over 2012 to a homeowner with a property assessed at $300,000.

Penhold council got out the axe during the last public budget deliberation meeting of 2012 that was held Dec. 10. "We chopped a ton," said Mayor Dennis Cooper. "We redirected and chopped probably a million dollars.

Groundskeeper attacked A female groundskeeper at the Bowden Institution was attacked by an inmate, said Cpl. A.J. Mand. He said the RCMP were called to the prison on Dec. 11 in the afternoon.

Council unanimously approved the allocation of $75,000 worth of funding to seven different social programs at its regularly scheduled meeting Dec. 10. "We were oversubscribed this year," said Director of Community and Protective Services Terry Welsh.

Don Bouvette and accompanying musicians entertain the crowd at Raven Log Church during a candlelit Spruce View and District Food Bank fundraiser. The evening raised about $3,550.

The Penhold councillor who was skipped over for deputy mayor and is not allowed to sit on any committees is speaking out after declining to comment previously.

Sheila Mielke's long been engaging children in playful activities at Discoveries Playschool, singing songs and telling stories.

Two women, an adult and a youth, were sent to Red Deer Regional Hospital when a Ford F350 truck struck their car from behind on northbound QEII Dec. 4.