Innisfail News

PENHOLD – Red Deer County will be growing alongside the Town of Penhold. County council approved its Junction 42 local area structure plan on June 12.

INNISFAIL - The Town of Innisfail is making changes to its animal control services after a cat was euthanized in contravention of its own bylaw, devastating a family and resulting in the resignation of a peace officer.

INNISFAIL – Central Alberta Co-op’s new Innisfail Gas Bar is now open for business. The long-awaited gas bar, which began servicing customers in early June, held its grand opening on June 19.

INNISFAIL - High school completion rates have increased and dropout rates have fallen in Chinook’s Edge School Division (CESD) over the past year, according to a newly released report from Alberta Education.

INNISFAIL - Six and a half years after he murdered a disabled Innisfail woman with a pipe bomb disguised as a Christmas present, Brian Malley has lost his final chance for appeal.

PENHOLD - A local senior is officially listed in life-threatening condition after sustaining serious burns from a fire that started near a medical appliance in her home.

INNISFAIL - Former United Conservative Party (UCP) MLA Donald Macintyre is scheduled to be back in court in January on charges of sexual assault and sexual interference with a minor. MacIntyre was charged in February following a police investigation.

INNISFAIL - The RCMP Police Dog Service Centre is now bigger and better. And the world-class facility also proves it never forgets its own.

INNISFAIL – The sun shone through and helped make the 58th annual Innisfail Rotary Parade another success. More than 50 floats from Innisfail and area organizations, businesses, churches and clubs filled the streets for the event on June 16.

INNISFAIL - A new era of landscaping planning has officially begun for the town's industrial business community.