Innisfail News

RCMP say a recent incident of cyberbullying in Innisfail where local teens posted a rap threat-fuelled video on YouTube highlights the growing problem in the region. Const.

Julie Fehr (left), Cade Amundson (centre) and Emma Schaitel (right) were helping show off the school bus to prospective kindergarten students and their parents at Ecole John Wilson Elementary School on Feb. 15.

Penhold town council has given the official green light for the proposed 43-lot residential subdivision in Hawkridge Estates. On Feb.13, council gave the go-ahead after the plan was first brought to council on Jan. 9.

Property tax bills are likely to be higher this year due to a bump in the education property tax outlined in the provincial budget released on Feb. 9.

If dinner and dancing sound like a good plan for the Valentine's Day season, why not check out the 12th annual Valentine's Gala put on by the legion's ladies auxiliary group on Feb.

Innisfail and District Victim Services is looking for more volunteer advocates. Bev Sliger, the victim services co-ordinator, said there are five current volunteers and two going through the screening process.

Over $2,000 was spent last month to repair the Bowden community bus after the recent cold snap rendered it frozen.

Penhold's mayor said increasing utility rates are to help the town keep breaking even when it comes to service costs. "We want to try and run them at a break-even (rate)," Mayor Dennis Cooper said. Water and sewer rates are set to increase by $0.

The 2011 Academy Award winning best foreign film, In a Better World, is this month's film choice. This movie is impressively directed and superbly written.

The Loyal Orange Lodge hall will be closed for public bookings for a little while longer while members of the organization work on renovating the building.