Innisfail News

The motor to drive the Weekend of Wheels is roaring once again. The Innisfail Kinsmen and the Kinette Club of Innisfail have agreed to pick up the late summer weekend event for Sept. 10 and 11 of this year.

Hundreds of pipers, drummers, dancers, athletic competitors and visitors will fill the field at the 69th Annual Red Deer Highland Games. Several Innisfail and area Highland dancers are also expected to participate and compete in the games.

Central Alberta postal workers may soon be on strike or in a lockout position along with their counterparts across the nation.

Penhold residents are well into the new growing season at the local community gardens. Now in its third year, the Penhold Community Gardens have been a popular choice for local residents who want to grow their own vegetables and flowers.

Access to counseling services for Innisfailians should improve with town council's recent approval to lease shared office for two psychologists at the historic Kemp House.

With the arrival of June and summer just around the corner, outdoor markets are in full swing and welcoming visitors from around the region.

For the longest time few knew the story behind Henry Howard other than he was a quiet, unassuming elderly veteran who attended the local legion every Friday for fish and chips.

The 56th Innisfail Pro Rodeo at the Daines Ranch is set to kick off this Friday.

It's storm season and local slo-pitchers received a nasty jolt from an angry sky. On the evening of June 7 the Bambino Chuggers of the co-ed 590 Slo-Pitch League were in the last inning of a game when lightning struck.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Innisfail, now renamed Big Brothers, Big Sisters Prairie to Peaks, is holding its first annual “Junk In Your Trunk” fundraiser sale. The event takes place on June 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the lot next to the I.D.A.