Innisfail News

PENHOLD – Cannabliss is ready for business. Penhold's first recreational cannabis retail store will be open for business by the end of the month. A grand opening is scheduled for Aug. 1.

INNISFAIL – Staff at Innisfail High School recently paid tribute to longtime educational assistant and sports coach Jim Brittain by dedicating the school's football field in his honour.

Several Innisfail businesses, members with the Innisfail and District Chamber of Commerce, came together for a summertime barbecue fundraiser for the Innisfail and District Food Bank.

INNISFAIL – After more than 30 years in the business, local barber Cora Brodie is calling it a day. The 77-year-old Innisfail resident will cut her last head of hair on July 27. “I’ve been a barber for 33 years,” said Brodie. “I love what I do.

INNISFAIL – The races are on. The Innisfail Lions Club is hosting the town’s first soap box derby on July 27. The event takes place on 50th Street, next to the Innisfail Cemetery, and runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Races begin at 10 a.m.

BOWDEN — A meeting held July 8 in council chambers to consider rezoning land — including the old Lions Community Hall — to allow 26 apartment units in that facility was invalid because the process to set it up was done incorrectly, according to chief

INNISFAIL - Slowdown times for motorists going through school zones are now uninterrupted for a full eight and a half hours.

INNISFAIL – The shovels are in the ground. Innisfail’s long awaited state-of-the-art skatepark is one step closer to reality.

PENHOLD – Junction 42 will be a boon for the local economy. Innisfail caterer Jolene Bjarnason will be a big contributor to that economic boost as owner of Diner 2/42, a retro 1950s-style restaurant that will be built in the area.