Innisfail News

An Ontario businessman has lost a bid to start up a satellite installation business in the old Pentecostal church, a site that is surrounded by traditional residential development.

The ice surfaces of both rinks at the Innisfail Twin Arena will soon be shining more brightly. The move will be pleasing to all sports and skating enthusiasts using both arenas, as well as citizens and professional photographers taking pictures.

Family members and friends gathered to celebrate seniors during Seniors' Week June 6 to 12. One of the highlights of Seniors' Week every year in Innisfail is the annual Mayor and Seniors' Garden Party. This year it was held on June 8 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Students, parents, teachers and members of the Innisfail community rallied once again to show their support for the people of Fort McMurray.

The Innisfail Province has a contingency plan in place for distribution of newspapers in the event of a postal disruption.

Town council has approved a big block party for June 25. At council's regular meeting on June 13, an application was brought forward by administration to close vehicular traffic to 49th Street Close on June 25 from 4 p.m. to midnight.

Like so many before them, cancer survivors, caregivers, family members and friends gathered Saturday in the fight against cancer. The annual Innisfail Relay For Life was held June 18 at the Innisfail High School track from noon to midnight.

With the annual graduation season drawing near, a time when the young let loose to celebrate a coming of age that morphs into adulthood, Penhold students experienced a dramatic dose of the reality that can result when wrong choices are made.

Scores of Grade 5 students have earned a special graduation. And along the way they learned how to say “no” in a big way. That's “no” to drugs and a big “yes” for healthy living as they move forward in their young lives.

Hundreds of local and area residents took in the annual Innisfail Rotary parade under sunny skies on Saturday, June 18.