I made an account here JUST TO COMMENT ON THIS TOWN....My entire family has lived here for over 35 years. When i was born my mom and dad took me away from this town for a reason, and i have recently moved back (no other choice but to live with family while the economy is how it is). Wainwright is NOT the nice little town it once may have been. Sure, there is alot to do, and the town does TRY to make it a good place to live, but IMHO, this is NO PLACE to consider raising a family. The young adults in this town are incredibly bad ppl, and will try to get every kid at the ELEMENTARY school hooked on drugs. They start with weed, and move to Coke and Meth. IT IS HARD FOR KIDS TO SAY NO, especially if they think it's "cool". Have you heard about the WBP here? It's a gang that actually does kill ppl, deals drugs, and some of the biggest drug dealers in the community, are supposed to be "upstanding authority figures, and ppl who contribute to the community by holding events (sports or w/e) to bring more ppl to Wainwright. I HATE THIS TOWN, and am counting the days until i can get out and move to a nice small quiet community to raise my 1 yr old son. Yes, i know every town has drugs and whatnot, but at least the police try to catch them, here IMHO it seems like they're more concerned with traffic tickets than getting the WBP (White Boy Posse) the f*ck out of town. Unless your kids have absolutely no self-esteem issues, and find it rly easy to make friends anywhere, I would not reccomend raising a family here. They MIGHT get pulled into the hidden "second world" here with drugs, gangs, and murder, and they MIGHT not. It's not a chance i am willing to take with my son. I do not want my son to get put through a wood chipper just because he won't sell for the WBP boys. Yes, a wood chipper incident DID happen here, the guys in Jail, i don't know all the details, but i know his younger brother is running the gang while he's "out of commision".
It's an ok place to stay, but I am not taking that big of a chance with my son's life, and think I may move to Morinville just north of edmonton, a quiet place close to the city, and the police there are TOUGH ON DRUG DEALERS. No gangs, and a commited police force? I'd rather raise my baby there...But this whole rant is just my honest opinion, i'm sure they are LOTS of ppl who LOVE this town and will defend it to their dying day, which is fine, it's just not for me
