Innisfail News

The Town of Didsbury has fired its controversial chief administrative officer Roy Brown after 10 years of employment with the town. After an in-camera session lasting nearly an hour on Nov.

A local air cadet has taken his leadership, service and skills to a new level. Warrant Officer Class 2 Jarrod Crashley, 18, of the 7 Penhold Air Cadets, was presented with the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award pin during a ceremony on Nov.

The curtain will rise on another production this spring at Innisfail High School. Almost Maine is a romantic comedy that takes place in a small, unincorporated town in northwestern Maine. “It's almost a town.

For more than 30 years the Silent Santas Christmas Hamper Program has helped needy families in Bowden and the surrounding rural areas. This holiday season, the community is again coming together to share the true meaning of Christmas.

Bowden town council has chosen a transitional chief administrative officer (CAO) who will remain in place until a new CAO can start work.

Innisfail residents helped celebrate National Child Day this year. Parents, childcare workers, and caregivers gathered at the Innisfail Public Library/Learning Centre on Nov. 21 to hear Dr.

Members of the Wild Rows Country Quilters Guild have made sure scores of needy children receive plenty of pillow love this Christmas. Last week on Nov. 24, 170 pillowcases were dropped off at the Christmas Bureau headquarters at the old fire hall.

Innisfail is joining communities across Canada to welcome Syrian refugees. Parishioners at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church have opened their hearts to sponsor a refugee family from Syria, and there may be more coming.

You could say it's a sign of the times. A big, bright digital sign for Penhold, a two-sided one that measures four metres wide by two and a half metres deep.

Innisfail's food bank is counting its blessings. With an increase in food donations of nearly 3,000 pounds over last year's 10,000-pound total, and cash donations remaining close to the same, the charity is prepared for the future.