Innisfail News

The demand for firefighter services in the Penhold area this year is expected to be consistent with 2010, based on growth trends and confidence in the market, says Penhold’s fire chief.

ABERDEEN NEWS Aberdeen Welfare Workers update By F. Quesseth Nine ladies attended the January meeting of the Aberdeen Welfare Workers. It was held at the home of Roberta and Lou Armstrong. Roll call was answered with payment of dues for 2011.

The Transportation Safety Board is investigating the mechanical parts of a derailed Canadian Pacific Railway train to determine what caused it to jump the tracks a few miles north of Innisfail along Highway 2A last Tuesday morning.

For 13 years, Julieanne Stunden has been operating Stylez On The Go, a mobile hair salon catering to women who are unable to go to a salon.

A record number of local families this holiday season utilized the services of the Innisfail and District Christmas Bureau.

Six impaired over holidays Checkstops were conducted over the holiday season with police setting up just off the overpass from Highway 2, downtown on the main street and outside town on C&E Trail.