Innisfail News

INNISFAIL – It was a date with a lasting impression. The first speed dating with council took place at the Innisfail Library/ Learning Centre on March 3.

BOWDEN – The Town of Bowden is reclaiming a big portion of its land. The province recently approved the annexation of 320 acres of land from Red Deer County that was previously owned by the town.

INNISFAIL – Two more area residents are seeking the United Conservative Party (UCP) nomination for the riding of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake.

INNISFAIL – RCMP intelligence team members have rounded up a man wanted on more than 60 criminal offences, including some in Innisfail. On Feb.

RED DEER COUNTY – They say good things come in threes. For the Rasmussen family, good things arrived in the way of Charolais triplets. Their 13-year-old Charolais dam Raindrop gave birth to two males and one female at midnight on Jan.

PENHOLD – Brenda Mahoney has her eyes set on spring 2019. That is the hoped-for time frame sought by the Penhold and District Optimist Club skatepark committee to begin building the long-awaited proposed new skatepark.

INNISFAIL – When local vet Dr. Katarina Purich travelled to Costa Rica this January it was no tropical resort vacation.

BOWDEN - A woman spearheading an effort to set up a Citizens On Patrol (COP) group in Bowden says she needs at least 40 volunteers to come forward to not only join the organization, but commit to receiving training for it.

INNISFAIL – Cold temperatures didn’t stop families across the region from spending quality time together on Family Day. Family Day festivities took place in Penhold Feb. 18 and in Innisfail Feb. 19.

Many concerns over the pending legalization of recreational cannabis use remain unresolved, area MP Earl Dreeshen said during a town hall meeting in Eagle Hill on Feb. 20.