Innisfail News

Innisfail teen Erich Marcinkowski is a Mountie in waiting. The 16-year-old Grade 11 student at Innisfail High School has long wanted to become an RCMP officer and he soon may get his big opportunity to show his mettle.

Community members and local citizens in Penhold came together to discuss poverty and how it impacts communities during a focused conversation with the Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance (CAPRA).

Discovery Wildlife Park will be allowed to build a large bathroom facility for its planned new campground.

The Town of Innisfail's planning and operational services director has resigned.

Many across the province are rallying together to help Fort McMurray after a devastating wildfire destroyed at least 1,600 buildings and forced the evacuation of almost 90,000 citizens.

There is a "Platter that Matters" at The Loft Society office in Innisfail. And the community has responded with overwhelming generosity. More than $1,200 has been collected to help Fort McMurray adults with developmental disabilities.

Andy Laing knows all about fire disasters. He had family members in Slave Lake in 2011 when a massive blaze turned their lives upside down.

On Wednesday May 4, he started out with just himself, his dog and his black pickup.

Innisfailian Blair Wall has been going to Fort McMurray on and off for the past 10 years to work in the oil sands but has never had a journey like the one this week.

Albertans across the province have been closely watching the wildfires and devastating situation unfold in Fort McMurray. Innisfailians Gerald and Karen Bradbury are two of them.