Innisfail News

Members of Penhold's town council met with the provincial minister of transportation during the recent Alberta Urban Municipalities Association to discuss traffic concerns in the town.

A façade and storefront improvement program that will grant upwards of $5,000 in matching funds for storeowners looking to spruce up their buildings was approved in council May 14.

The Innisfail Health Centre Auxiliary celebrated 40 years with a dinner at the Innisfail Library/Learning Centre Oct. 3.

Police called the bombing murder of Vicky Shachtay “a rare event in Canada.

New parade rule and route Candy can no longer be tossed from floats during the annual Innisfail Rotary Parade. A bylaw was changed that no longer allows anything to be tossed from a float before or after the parade.

A Pincher Creek-area man died in a two-vehicle collision that occurred last Wednesday at approximately 8:49 p.m. west of Bowden.

Police have made an arrest into the bombing murder of 23-year-old Vicky Shachtay, disabled single mother of one who died in her ground level apartment in Innisfail Nov. 25, 2011.

The RCMP is conducting a search at a residence in Innisfail in relation to an ongoing criminal investigation. Despite a heavy police presence at the residence, police said there is no threat to public safety.

About 30 people crammed into council chambers last week with a half dozen more spilling into the hallways to voice their concern over the proposed rezoning of half an acre of land located in the Upland Aspen subdivision.

Census questions Penhold councillors came up with a few questions to include on the upcoming municipal census that will occur if enough workers are found.