Innisfail News

INNISFAIL - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Prairies to Peaks and the Innisfail Kinsmen Club are joining efforts to help raise money for the community, including the new skatepark.

INNISFAIL - The first Family Literacy Festival at the Innisfail Library/Learning Centre embraced family, literacy and learning.

PENHOLD - The Town of Penhold is asking Alberta Transportation to look into traffic concerns in the town. "If we can't get the minister to come to us, we'll go to the minister," said Mayor Dennis Cooper.

A 24-year-old Bowden man is due in court in Red Deer on March 1 in regard to a break-in and a stolen vehicle. Zachariah Shawn Bodman faces three charges in connection with the incident, which occurred Jan. 14.

BOWDEN - A man charged in connection with an incident in which a bullet was fired through a home and into a Bowden apartment building is due back in court late next month.

BOWDEN - Town council has endorsed a pitch by a FortisAlberta representative to replace street lights with new, more efficient LED street lights.

INNISFAIL - There is more to Alberta than just mountains. That's what farmers and tour operators from around the world learned when they stopped in Innisfail as part of an international agricultural conference.

INNISFAIL - The dream of acquiring the historic Sinclair home for the Innisfail and District Historical Village has received a generous boost. Gerry and Rita Kemp, both driving forces to save the historic Dr.

INNISFAIL - In William Shakespeare's pastoral comedy As You Like It there is a monologue that compares the world to a stage and life to a play.

INNISFAIL - The Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion has chosen a new president and executive. Ed Rieberger was installed as the new president, along with the branch executive, that included several new officers, in a ceremony at the legion on Jan 7.