Innisfail News

Town council has approved a new marketing plan for its lots in the Hazelwood Estates subdivision. At council's Jan.

The Bowden Institution correctional facility will soon receive a high-profile inmate when Omar Khadr is transferred to the facility from Edmonton.

Unlike Penhold, the town is not going through a building boom but ongoing steady construction and housing starts continue to fuel optimism.

Local seniors had a recent opportunity at the drop-in centre to become properly prepared if faced with issues that are suspiciously fraudulent.

Despite the recent warm weather and melting snow the danger of collapsing roofs is not going away. ìThis winter is one that we will all remember,î said Jim Pendergast, Town of Penhold fire chief.

Users of Penhold's Memorial Hall will see an increase in rental fees in 2014. Penhold town council, in their final council meeting of 2013 held on Dec. 16, put back to administration a rate increase of 5 per cent for users of the multi-use facility.

The new Innisfail Youth Programming Centre will be home to a whirlwind of activity January 30 and 31 with the eager arrival of Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Innisfail and the Boys and Girls clubs.

At just two years old Tristan Laidlaw is already seen as a ìvery special boy.î Like any other child his age, he can be hyperactive and curious. He loves animals, trucks, trains and especially his six-year-old sister Taylor.

The board for Innisfail's Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) has awarded $75,000 of provincial grant money to seven social agencies and community groups.

The spirit and memory of Robert Burns are alive and well at Bowden Grandview School. On Jan. 17 Bowden Grandview School library was transformed into a performance theatre to help Grade 4 students and their families celebrate Robbie Burns Day.