Innisfail News

It takes more than hail to put a damper on Doug Edgar's spirits. Since May, the Innisfail area has seen five hailstorms, each of which has left a destructive swath in its path. Edgar Farms has seen damage in each of those storms.

Hundreds of people are attending the weekly Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) shows at the facility just outside of Innisfail. Every Wednesday between Victoria Day and Labour Day, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

The Town of Innisfail is getting ready to recognize its best and most influential citizens of 2014. Every year the town recognizes local citizens for outstanding contributions to the community.

The town is building a football-field-long elevated sidewalk along the south side of Lakewood Drive – a project hoped to end a nagging four-year unwanted parking problem for at least one business. On Aug.

The Penhold Regional Multiplex will soon have a concession and lounge service provider after Innisfail's Nummies By Mummies was awarded the contract on July 28.

An intense summer hailstorm swept through Innisfail and area on Aug. 6 damaging property and crops with pea-sized ice balls leaving a layer of snow-like precipitation in its wake. Late in the evening on Aug.

The Town of Penhold will be holding a tax sale on Sept. 29 for some properties that taxes are still owed on.

Innisfail's lost and abandoned bicycles are on their way to the African nation of Ghana.

Henry Nathaniel Pickard is Innisfail's Miracle Treat baby. Born prematurely with a weight of two pounds 11 ounces to 21-year-old Bailey Pickard on Feb. 20, “Nate” also was diagnosed with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect.

Innisfail has a weed problem – namely with a nasty daisy many people mistake as the traditionally revered heartwarming flower. And Veronica Shaver, the town's weed inspector, has been tasked this summer to weed them out.