Innisfail News

PENHOLD - The town is holding its first Remembrance Day service at the new cenotaph that was unveiled a year ago, early last November. The event takes place on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. inside the Penhold Regional Multiplex where the cenotaph was installed.

SPRINGBROOK - Red Deer Airport has a new chief executive officer. Graham Ingham, 48, was recently appointed to the position by the Red Deer Regional Airport Authority board of directors, after former CEO RJ Steenstra stepped down earlier this year.

Innisfail RCMP are seeking public assistance to help nab three black-clad men in connection to an “ambush” alleyway-stabbing incident. At about 9:30 p.m.

A cenotaph is a memorial dedicated to Canada's war dead and veterans across Canada. There are more than 6,000 local cenotaphs/ monuments/memorial walls in Canada. And Innisfail has two.

When Michael Dawe was asked more than two years ago by the University of Calgary Press to contribute a story on how the First World War impacted Central Alberta he was challenged to provide his own interpretation.

INNISFAIL - The contentious issue of inadequate mental health services for the community has received a full impassioned hearing at town council, highlighted by a call to launch a “crusade.

INNISFAIL - Innisfail and area shoppers can jump-start their holiday shopping during the Christmas Farmers Market. The annual market is being held on Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Nov.19 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The first Legion Hall (or Memorial Hall as it was known then) was built across from the Provincial Building in 1920. It was constructed of brick manufactured in the local brickyard.

INNISFAIL - The expanded Commnity Bus program to Red Deer is slowly starting to catch on with Innisfailians after its first month of operation. “I think it is positive.

PENHOLD – Like many municipalities in the province, the Town of Penhold is waiting to learn more details about Alberta's looming carbon tax and its impact on the town.