Innisfail News

After nearly 36 hours without telephone and Internet service, the Henday Association for Lifelong Learning and Innisfail Library/Learning Centre are back up and running.

Innisfail students and families, as well as those in Penhold, Bowden and Spruce View, paid homage to Canadian soldiers with multiple ceremonies of remembrance last week.

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train -- North America's largest rolling food bank fundraiser – is coming to Innisfail for the fourth time. The last time the holiday train came to town was in 2012.

Year three of the town's Façade & Storefront Improvement Program is coming to a close and a total of a dozen businesses – mostly in the downtown core – have taken advantage of thousands of dollars of grant money to beautify building exteriors.

Central Alberta Catholic youth will be getting a helping hand from Innisfail's Our Lady of Peace Church. On Nov. 15, the parish will be hosting a trade show to raise funds for Canada's first Western Canadian Catholic Youth Conference (WCCYC).

Penhold's overall building permit totals in 2014 have dwarfed last year's numbers with a 100 per cent increase over the same period and the boom is not finished yet. In a report tabled on Oct.

Town council has approved Laebon Homes' proposed 47-house Penhold Palisades subdivision with conditions but not without a threat by Laebon to pull out of the development.

Elnora pioneer Jack Beattie was not just an early settler who helped build Central Alberta, but he also served in the Battle of Passchendaele – one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War -- leaving a legacy of military service for succeeding

The Penhold cadet squadron is alive and well despite an ongoing search for a permanent home for the 73-year-old organization.

Chinook's Edge School Division (CESD) held a gala on Oct. 23 in Olds to honour many award-winning teachers and long-serving and new staff, including those from Innisfail and Penhold.