Innisfail News

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.

INNISFAIL - Doug Griffiths is a firm believer that when a thousand people in your community do small things with a belief they would not make a big difference they will find out it makes a huge difference.

INNISFAIL - Every January family literacy is in the spotlight. The Innisfail Library/Learning Centre is holding the inaugural Family Literacy Festival on Jan. 27, from 3 to 8:30 p.m. "Jan.

INNISFAIL - A wind of change is blowing through town hall.

BOWDEN - Town councillors are calling on the provincial government to fund a comprehensive analysis of the rest stop along Highway 2 (also known as the QE II). Council passed a motion to that effect last week at the suggestion of Coun. Wayne Milaney.

INNISFAIL - Town council has approved $151,196 in Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) funding for six local social service organizations.

Innisfail RCMP are off to a busy new year dealing with several break-ins and thefts in communities and the outlying area. At about 9 a.m. on Jan.

BOWDEN - "O my love's like a red, red rose, that's newly sprung in June: O my love's like the melody, that's sweetly played in tune.

PENHOLD - Penhold Crossing Secondary School now has its very own coat of arms. The school was granted its own coat of arms in the spring of 2016 and received a framed copy last September.

A local organizing committee has been formed for Innisfail's Canada 150 celebrations. Representatives from more than a score of local organizations attended a Community Services Standing Committee meeting at town hall on Jan.