Innisfail News

They are big and once again Super Bowl television superstars. And they are Innisfail's favourite giant bruins. Whopper and Ursula, the lovable big Kodiak bears at Discovery Wildlife Park, were smash hits during this month's televised Super Bowl game.

The youth of Innisfail have received a post-Christmas present with their new Youth Programming Facility. More than 75 people came through the doors on Jan.

Parkland Foundation member communities have expressed strong reservations over a letter distributed by the agency about future plans and financing options for the aging Autumn Glen Lodge. A Dec.

Red Deer County has denied a request from the town's Parent Advisory Council to support the cost of the planned $348,740 playground project at the Innisfail Schools Campus.

Innisfail RCMP is advising motorists to exercise extreme caution on rural roads and highways due to increasing numbers of animals being struck. Mounties were called to five motor-vehicle collisions with animals between Jan. 30 and Feb. 6.

Dan Ross is a 23-year veteran of many battles. For the first 20 years he was a sergeant in the Royal Canadian Air Force and then he served another three fighting in Yellowhead County.

John Grant Miller was not your typical lawyer. ìWhile he was an exceptional lawyer for 37 years,î his son Steven Miller said, ìand he practised with an exceptional degree of competency, sometimes he didn't leave that at work.

The Olympic spirit was alive and well at Chinook Center School for the Sochi Winter Olympic Games. There was a celebration on Jan. 31 for the school's 91 kindergarten to Grade 4 students, whose ages range from five to 10.

The voice on the other end of the phone was unconvinced. ìThere must be someone married longer than us,î said Innisfail's Wally Oxtoby. ìYou just didn't look hard enough.î ìToby and I have only been married 66 years,î she said.

Innisfail is adding its own Winter Olympic spirit on Family Day. From noon until 3 p.m. on Feb. 17 the Innisfail Arena ñ both inside and outside ñ will be the venue to share local family fun with several free activities.