Innisfail News

Plea reserved in prison drug drop case A man charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking reserved his plea when he appeared in Red Deer provincial court on April 20.

Frosty weather is to blame for the temporary closure of the playground in Centennial Park. On April 12 town crews closed off the area after a site inspection deemed some of the supports and concrete blocks had shifted.

Prices for residential town-owned lots are dropping until June 1 to encourage the sale of 44 lots purchased back in 2010. Two years ago the town purchased 51 residential lots in the Hazelwood Estates subdivision and to date seven have sold.

Last week, during national volunteer week there were numerous volunteer appreciation events, including a barbecue put on by the RCMP April 19 and a celebration at the Innisfail Library/Learning Centre April 18.

Wildrose candidate Kerry Towle will be heading to Edmonton to represent Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Luke Ouellette, the last representative of 41 year of the Tories being elected in the area.

A group of Japanese students and their host families spent an afternoon exploring a dairy farm northwest of Innisfail last Wednesday.

Ten train cars derailed about five kilometers south of Innisfail at 1:27 a.m. April 21 confirmed Kevin Hrysak, media spokesman for Canadian Pacific (CP).

A graffiti removal initiative is one step further in development after council passed a graffiti kit distribution policy last week. During council April 10, Rob Anderson, peace officer, presented one of the 50 kits ready to be lent out to the public.

Campground rates increasing Council approved increasing rates to the Anthony Henday Campground but questioned if the 10 per cent bump was high enough.

Grade 7 students at École Innisfail Middle School have being getting their hands dirty.