Innisfail News

Despite the unpredictable and often unseasonably cold weather, Discovery Wildlife Park is off to a good start for the 2014 season.

The Town of Innisfail's priorities for 2014 are now full public knowledge to the business community after Mayor Brian Spiller and Craig Teal, director of planning and operational services, recently spoke to the Innisfail and District Chamber of Comme

The Innisfail Jr/Sr High School football field will be home for the fifth annual Canadian Cancer Society's Relay For Life fundraising walk next month.

Penhold Crossing Secondary School hasn't even opened its doors yet but it already has received three scholarships for graduating students totalling $500,000 from Stewart and Eileen Ford.

Some movies are just meant to be experienced in 3-D. The Amazing Spiderman 2, now playing at Innisfail's Century Theatre, is one of those movies.

The town is implementing a new but “fair” fee structure at the waste transfer site for trailers hauling garbage that are longer than eight feet. And the town will also be vigilant in not allowing any trailer that is longer than 12 feet.

The Town of Penhold has received a $120,000 Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI) grant for the purchase of a refurbished fire pumper truck in use since late December. “We applied for the MSI funds last year,” said Penhold mayor Dennis Cooper.

Drummer Mitch Dorge of the Crash Test Dummies had the attention of his teenage audience as soon as he picked up the microphone and started speaking.

Local seniors looking for help in their homes now have one more option with the opening of Innisfail Helping Hands this month. Jacquie Major, owner/operator of the new company, is busy readying her locally owned business for a grand opening on May 2.

The Innisfail Public Library is being honoured with a 2014 Minister's Award for Innovation for its Beginner Robotics Program in Jasper this last weekend.