Innisfail News

Innisfail's food bank is counting its blessings. With an increase in food donations of nearly 3,000 pounds over last year's 10,000-pound total, and cash donations remaining close to the same, the charity is prepared for the future.

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle says she was as “shocked” as anyone when Wildrose party Leader Danielle Smith bolted to the Tories with eight other Opposition MLAs. The local MLA, who defected to the governing Progressive Conservatives on Nov.

SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS - Darcy Aubuchon and his wife Robin Brand received a donation of $350 this holiday season from the Rocky Mountain House branch of the Spirit of Christmas, money that will be used for the ongoing care of their Innisfailian daughter

1. Westwood rises When town council approved the relocation of the municipality's waste transfer site last spring to a site next to the Westwood Court Mobile Home Park they never expected consequences of widespread public anger.

Laebon Homes and Prentiss Martom Ltd. are rebuilding on the former Wild Rose Manor site at 40 Esther Close in the spring of 2015.

The final instalment of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy was released in theater's December 19, 2014. The movie stars Martin Freeman as the titular hobbit, Richard Armitage as Thorin and Luke Evans as Bard.

The Innisfail and District Christmas Bureau and the Innisfail and Area Food Bank received more than $11,000 in donations from Johns Manville on Dec. 11.

Innisfail youth were treated to a Christmas dinner at the Innisfail Youth Facility on Dec. 17 courtesy of the Innisfail Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) and three corporate donors.

The Wildrose party's leader and eight of its elected MLAs crossed the floor in the legislature last week to join Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle as members of the Progressive Conservative party.

Innisfail and District Christmas Bureau volunteers came out by the dozens to donate and fill hampers the evening of Dec. 16 in the temporary warehouse in the Co-op mall.