Innisfail News

INNISFAIL – The town has extended an olive branch to frustrated business owners in West Gate Industrial Park who are battling a crime wave and facing a newly amended Landscape Bylaw they feel doesn’t make sense.

INNISFAIL – Local Mounties have laid burglary charges against three Olds residents following a break-in at a rural lease site. On Dec. 27, Innisfail RCMP responded to a complaint of the lease site burglary north of the Innisfail Airport.

INNISFAIL – Council is moving to create better first impressions for the town. And that means cleaning up the unsightliness at both the main east- and west-side entrances to the community.

BOWDEN – Mayor Robb Stuart says cutting the crime rate in Bowden will be a big priority this year.

PENHOLD – This winter the town is offering families a way to connect, stay out of the cold and enjoy some indoor family fun. Penhold will be hosting its first-ever Winter Carnival on Jan. 14 from 1 to 3 p.m.

INNISFAIL – Council has taken its first big step towards developing a comprehensive community housing strategy, and if private developers are not interested in creating future projects outside current high-end stock, the town could be forced to build

INNISFAIL – Mounties have nabbed a local woman in connection to one of two high value weapons seizures in the Innisfail area.

INNISFAIL – Christmas miracles do happen. For one Sylvan Lake family, that miracle came in the form of a car from Innisfail’s Fourlane Ford Sales Ltd. on Dec. 21. "It means so much.

BOWDEN – Mayor Robb Stuart says town council is open to considering a suggestion by two local residents that businesses could be operated out of the rest stop, rather than have it sold to Parkland Industries.

INNISFAIL – Innisfail RCMP have a new face helping them fight rural crime. That help is in the form of Staff Sgt. Mark Groves, the new temporary district advisory officer for the Central Alberta district. "This isn’t a new role.