Innisfail News

Residents will have the chance to comment on the 2013 budget Dec. 10 at the regularly scheduled town council meeting. Council members have the option of deferring a decision on the budget or moving to approve it later in the evening.

The town's reputation as a place for parents with young children and for seniors got a boost last week as the town released the findings of the 2012 census. Coming in just under its $10,000 budget, the population survey revealed 18.

The Innisfail Aquatic Centre will be closed Dec. 3 -27 for routine maintenance. “It gives us an opportunity to make some improvements in the pool,” said Director of Community and Protective Services Terry Welsh.

The pictures painted by statistics gathered during Snapshot Day at the Innisfail and Penhold libraries last month were accurate according to the library managers.

Ashley White, left, and Erica Rafuse skate around a rink at the Innisfail Arena during an Innisfail Skating Club practice last Thursday.

The Town of Innisfail is seeking a firm to provide long-term engineering consulting services and a Request For Proposal was recently approved unanimously by council Nov. 13.

Local children are lagging behind the province and the country, when measured for a range of developmental skills.

Innisfail Christmas Bureau gets started The Innisfail Christmas Bureau was scheduled to hold its annual general meeting and unpacking night on Nov. 27.

As Canada Post faces a decline of 2.8 million fewer pieces of mail per day the company has decided to charge a $200 fee per new list address to developers to cover the cost of community mailboxes.

As both provincial and federal governments try to funnel veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into Alberta's labour intensive oilfields, an Innisfail company is working with the Canadian Forces to ease the transition of soldiers looking to mo