Innisfail News

It was four years ago when Kerry Towle was in Edmonton and became inspired from offerings that gave profound hope.

INNISFAIL - Social Security, Innisfail Town Theatre's (ITT) latest production, had audiences laughing and theatregoers leaving with smiles on their faces. Social Security ran from Nov. 23 to Dec. 10 at the Ol' Moose Hall in Innisfail.

INNISFAIL – The Innisfail community has once again rallied behind Big Brothers Big Sisters of Prairie to Peaks. The local non-profit youth mentoring organization raised more than $10,000 with its Christmas-themed fall gala.

INNISFAIL - News about Innisfail's senior men's baseball team changing its name to the Innisfail Trappers has gone viral on social media, with massive interest across North America.

PENHOLD - Hundreds of local and area citizens and their families shared the holiday spirit during Penhold's Community Christmas.

Innisfail RCMP are in full preparation mode for this year's 21st annual Charity Check Stop. The holiday season event will be held on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Street, between 48th and 49th avenues.

As a national survey is showing Alberta's usage of food banks is now one of the highest in Canada, the jump in Innisfail hunger has skyrocketed this year by almost 50 per cent.

DICKSON - The doors are closed at the Dickson Store Museum for the season, but that doesn't mean members are not busy engaging the community. Since the doors closed to the public on Labour Day the museum has held three major events. On Saturday, Oct.

INNISFAIL - With recent job layoffs and a tough economy in Alberta, more families are struggling this holiday season. The Innisfail Christmas Bureau is again providing Christmas hampers to help struggling families this Christmas.

Innisfail has experienced a six per cent jump in crime for the first 10 months of 2016 when compared to the same period in 2015.