Innisfail News

INNISFAIL – A new dementia resource centre is coming to Innisfail. Dementia Alberta recently partnered with the Innisfail Library/Learning Centre to provide information and resources to local families and those living with dementia.

INNISFAIL - Easter is a time of celebration. Innisfail churches are welcoming local residents to join them for services on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

INNISFAIL – There is a new fourth estate at Innisfail Middle School chomping at the bit to be eager news hound scribblers. Forty-five Grade 8 students from two classes were broken up into four-member groups to create 11 four-page newspapers.

PENHOLD - The provincial government's 2018 budget means less money for municipalities, says Mayor Mike Yargeau.

PENHOLD – Dozens of Penhold and area families took in the town’s annual Easter Eggstravaganza last weekend. The springtime event took place on Sunday, March 25 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Penhold Regional Multiplex.

PENHOLD - Four new relocatable classrooms and a connecting hallway have been approved for Jessie Duncan Elementary School to ease increasing student growth pressures in the community.

INNISFAIL – The town is investing hundreds of thousands of dollars into a new “workhorse” for its day-to-day public works operations in both winter and summer. At its regular meeting on Feb.

INNISFAIL - The town has taken the first step to be part of a new provincial government rural transportation pilot program designed to give citizens of rural communities, including Innisfail and area, easier access to mid-sized urban centres.

INNISFAIL – There are ghosts on town streets that are rarely noticed. But a special group of ladies at the Innisfail Seniors Drop-In Centre is on a special loving mission to take care of all of them, and many more throughout Central Alberta.

PENHOLD – Local Mounties recently busted suspicious vehicle travellers in town and seized weapons, illegal drugs and counterfeit money.