Innisfail News

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.

The Lego Movie has come to Innisfail and hit the ground running. Parents and grandparents led by anxious children of all ages have packed the Century Theatre to watch the world of Lego come to digital life.

Central Alberta's pre-eminent historian Michael Dawe is coming to Innisfail.

Old Man Winter's early season wrath has created a snow removal budget headache for the town.

Innisfail Mounties were called last week to assist in a trio of high-risk takedowns of potentially armed and dangerous criminal suspects. One of the takedowns involved a suspect from a highly publicized armed robbery in Olds.