Innisfail News

OLDS – Town council has approved a couple of proposals from companies that plan to produce medical marijuana in Olds. Plans call for both to be located in the Southeast Industrial Park, just west of Highway 2A, near the cemetery.

Chinook’s Edge School Division (CESD) officials are currently working on revisions of administrative procedures and policies to deal with the pending legalization of cannabis.

INNISFAIL – Administration gave town council its first briefing last week on the many issues the municipality will have to consider as Innisfailians prepare for the upcoming legalization of cannabis.

BOWDEN – They have raised the roof and now they have opened the doors for a peek. Sometime next month community groups in Bowden will enthusiastically begin to use the town’s long-awaited new $1.9-million community hall.

INNISFAIL – Town council has approved more than $100,000 of provincial grant money for youth programming. At council’s regular meeting on Jan.

INNISFAIL – The town’s millennium baby has come of age. Ryan Groves was the first baby born in the year 2000 at Innisfail Health Centre. He came into the world a little bit earlier than expected, said father Bill Groves, arriving Jan. 7.

BOWDEN – Town council has taken the first step toward a project that could result in redevelopment of the former Bowden Nurseries property and its annexation into the town.

PENHOLD – The Town of Penhold issued $15.2 million in building permits in 2017. It appears to be a bumper year when compared to the 2016 dollar figure, which saw a total of $5.1 million in building permits issued.

INNISFAIL – While just released building permit values for 2017 show Penhold making a strong economic recovery from the recent recession, Innisfail figures have drastically slumped. The town recorded a value of just under $4.

INNISFAIL – Discovery Wildlife Park deliberately solicited controversy by videotaping a young bruin’s trip to Dairy Queen for birthday ice cream as a means to grab viewers’ attention for bear safety, said zoo co-owner Doug Bos.