Innisfail News

There are many ways people are fighting cancer today. Laughter is one of them. The Boob Tour made a stop in Innisfail on April 5 to help with the fight.

Fukui Shi said he finally felt free when he landed on Canadian soil with his wife and two kids on April 5. The Chinese refugee has been trying to immigrate to Canada since 2007 and was finally accepted in December of last year.

Signs of spring are blossoming in a big way. And thanks to higher temperatures and a lack of snow this year, people in Innisfail have been cheerfully taking advantage of an early spring. “March was quite warm.

A group of Innisfail residents is stepping up to help curb crime. The Innisfail Urban Watch Society is a newly formed group of concerned citizens working to help keep Innisfail safe.

Innisfail RCMP is still trying to determine the cause of a deadly crash involving two motorcyclists last week in a remote area west of town that claimed the life of a Rocky Mountain House man.

Payday loan companies are about to face the hammer from new provincial legislation and Penhold mayor Dennis Cooper could not be happier. “This was an area where we definitely needed to protect Albertans more,” said Cooper.

The most important day and festival for Christians was made extra special for many on March 26 with a moving Easter musical and a passionate response from a call to support the pending arrival of Syrian refugees.

The countdown has begun.

Innisfail's less fortunate children are guaranteed to have a proper and memorable birthday in 2016.

The Town of Innisfail is officially in the fight to have the NDP government reinstate a provincewide $15-million grant in lieu of taxes for municipal social housing that will reportedly be out of the provincial budget on April 14.