Innisfail News

The provincial court small claims trial of former Didsbury CAO Roy Brown's allegation that he was wrongfully dismissed in 2015 will go to trial April 26, 2017.

The police picked up two students last week and escorted them to school. No, this was not in any way punitive. For Kallie Fay, 10, and her eight-year-old brother Jaron, it was a thrill. “They were very excited.

Innisfail Middle School students have rolled out the red carpet for Innisfail's most distinguished citizens. They sang, danced and played their music. They even told jokes to make their audience laugh.

The Innisfail and District Historical Village is officially open for the season, welcoming locals and out of town guests with a pancake breakfast, music, a vintage vehicle display and a new manager.

It was a night of toe tapping music, dance moves and local celebrities.

This week Innisfail is one of many communities recognizing and honouring the difference seniors make. Albertans across the province are joining in the festivities and activities during Seniors Week from June 6 to 12.

The town has awarded another work contract for Phase 2 of its ambitious multi-million dollar capital project for the reclamation of the sewage treatment plant and lagoon lands.

A current Bowden bylaw makes it impractical to bring new mobile homes into the town's mobile home park or to do major renovations to them, chief administrative officer James Mason says. So he hopes to bring a bylaw amendment to council by this fall.

The family of a teenage longboarder killed two years ago by a hit and run driver near Penhold has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the Innisfail RCMP.

Two Cremona teens are being mourned by family and friends after an accident earlier this year claimed both their lives. “From a young age people would remark on Taylore's happy countenance.