Innisfail News

PENHOLD - Students and staff at the town's space-challenged schools will be able to work in less congested quarters in the next school year.

INNISFAIL - It might be a little early for spring training but that doesn't stop members of the Innisfail 590 Slow Pitch League from hitting the diamonds to raise money for charity.

PENHOLD - A suspicious fire destroyed an abandoned mobile home in Penhold Saturday night. Both the Penhold Fire Department and Innisfail RCMP have launched an investigation into the incident.

BOWDEN - Nasty, blustery winter driving conditions are being cited as a "most likely" factor in the horrific three-vehicle crash last week on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway that claimed the life of a Calgary woman.

INNISFAIL - After more than 14 years of planning the Chinook Center School will finally close on June 30.

RCMP say they may have put a "dent" in rising property crime in town and throughout the region following the arrest last week of a pair of wanted alleged fugitives. Innisfail RCMP Sgt. Lori Eiler said at about 9 p.m. on Feb.

A Ponoka teen is dead following a single-vehicle collision at a highway intersection near Pine Lake. Innisfail RCMP Sgt. Lori Eiler said on Jan. 24 at about 1 a.m.

BOWDEN - The RCMP is staying one step ahead when it comes to fentanyl, and is training police service dogs to detect the illicit drug.

OLDS - U.S. president Donald Trump's recent executive order to move forward with the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline is good news for Central Alberta, says area MLA Jason Nixon.

INNISFAIL - Family literacy is celebrated every January.