Innisfail News

Organizers said the community’s response to the first annual “Coats for Kids” drive was overwhelming. Miranda Hale said residents provided quite a few donations during the drive, which was held Nov. 5 at the Innisfail Baptist Church.

Council agreed to support Parkland Community Planning Services, an inter-municipal services agency looking for a new director. “The director has stepped away. Do you want to continue?” asked CAO Rick Binnendyk to council Nov. 14.

An official at the Bowden Institution south of Innisfail said a suspicious package containing contraband items discovered outside the facility’s perimeter last week was likely an “attempted throw-over.

Despite a letter-writing campaign that started in August calling on Telus to improve spotty cellphone reception in Penhold, Mayor Dennis Cooper said council is still waiting to hear details on a resolution.

Local residents can now get their first glimpse at three possible redevelopment themes for Innisfail’s downtown core.

A former Canadian rodeo champion who is now an advocate for the disabled, and a student leader at École Innisfail Middle School have been named as the community choice medal bearers for the 25th Anniversary Rick Hansen Relay’s stop in Innisfail next

Policing is a family affair for Innisfail RCMP’s new school resource officer (SRO). Three years after Const. Cindie Dennis joined the RCMP at the age of 19, her father, Val, also decided to join Canada’s national police force.

Council deferred second and third reading for both a cat and dog bylaw after two petitions, with more than 400 signatures for each, were presented to council Monday night.

For 13 years, volunteers with the Innisfail Restorative Justice Society have been offering first-time offenders a second chance.

Community services advisory board forms Council passed a community service bylaw Monday night, amalgamating both FCSS and Neighbourhood Place advisory committees into one.