Innisfail News

INNISFAIL – Christmas miracles do happen. For one Sylvan Lake family, that miracle came in the form of a car from Innisfail’s Fourlane Ford Sales Ltd. on Dec. 21. "It means so much.

BOWDEN – Mayor Robb Stuart says town council is open to considering a suggestion by two local residents that businesses could be operated out of the rest stop, rather than have it sold to Parkland Industries.

INNISFAIL – Innisfail RCMP have a new face helping them fight rural crime. That help is in the form of Staff Sgt. Mark Groves, the new temporary district advisory officer for the Central Alberta district. "This isn’t a new role.

INNISFAIL - A pilot project examining a new approach to reporting on student achievement is now underway at five middle schools in the Chinook’s Edge School Division.

INNISFAIL – Drama students at Innisfail High School took to the stage for their final production of the semester. The performance took place at the school on Dec.

INNISFAIL – The people of Innisfail and area keep on giving. The 22nd annual Innisfail Charity Checkstop, held Dec. 16, collected toys, clothing, close to $12,000 in cash and 900 pounds of food for needy families this Christmas.

BOWDEN – Brie Leussink and her cousin Matthew Klassen spent countless hours inside the town’s old abandoned nursery last month cleaning up the damage.

RED DEER COUNTY – After tabling operating and capital budgets for 2018 and beyond in early December members of county council have formally and unanimously given their final approval. The two-week break between the introduction of the budgets on Dec.

SPRUCE VIEW - Presentations were recently made to the winners of the Spruce View & District Lions Club Peace Poster Contest.

The Innisfail Province wishes everyone in town, and across the region, including citizens in Penhold, Bowden, Spruce View, Pine Lake, Dickson and across Red Deer County, a safe and Happy New Year.