Innisfail News

INNISFAIL - A Red Deer reserve unit from the Canadian Army has toured Innisfail and area to show the public their soldiers do have the right stuff.

INNISFAIL - The once promising dream of restoring and preserving the historic Sinclair home is facing an increasingly insurmountable race against time.

BOWDEN - A meeting between Bowden mayor Robb Stuart, town chief administrative officer James Mason and Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Brian Mason appears to have paid off.

BOWDEN - Mayor Robb Stuart says he has no real concerns about the safety of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway in the wake of a tragic collision that killed two people. The collision occurred at about 1:40 a.m. on Dec.

When Taylor Gormley and Jared Teufel were asked by his brother Daniel to go for a drive they never expected they would wind up receiving the most heartwarming Christmas gift they could ever remember.

INNISFAIL - Chinook's Edge School Division trustees will be voicing their concerns over an ongoing shortage of funding for school bus transportation to the minister of education during an upcoming meeting, says superintendent Kurt Sacher.

BOWDEN - Mayor Robb Stuart says the outlook for Bowden is rather hazy right now as the town awaits moves from the provincial government and others on various projects. The biggest item on the agenda is the town's budget.

The town has served notice to the Chinook's Edge School Board it wants to acquire the land under and around the Innisfail cenotaph. The request was tabled and discussed at the school board's monthly meeting on Dec. 14, and deferred until January.

BOWDEN - A horrific early morning semi-truck collision on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway at Bowden has claimed the lives of two Calgarians, one of them a Good Samaritan who stopped to help a stricken truck driver.

We have said farewell to 2016 and we say hello to 2017. The staff at the Innisfail Province wishes everyone a happy, prosperous and safe New Year.