Innisfail News

For the second time in a year, the Town of Bowden has raised the cost of using its community bus.

With the resignation of Alberta Premier Alison Redford the battered Progressive Conservative party is forced to change course to erase a widespread public perception it's an ìOld Boys Clubî with a sense of entitlement, say local political insiders.

Innisfail citizen Floyd Wacker sees life a little differently now since he has won $100,000 courtesy of a LOTTO 6/49 draw. Wacker purchased the $11 quick pick winning ticket at the Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion on Feb.

ìThe bunnies are coming! The bunnies are coming!î Those are the words Jacquie Linton, Ecole John Wilson Elementary School Grade 4 teacher, hears when Ley-Anne Mountain, of Naturally Nurtured Family Wellness, is scheduled to come to her classroom.

Jac and Jose Hoppenbrouwers are living a lifelong dream fully off-grid. The Innisfail-area residents own White Creek Meats, located off Rge. Rd. 25.

After being in Innisfail many years, the Innisfail Filipino community has finally organized and is ready to celebrate with a dinner and dance.

When the doors of Innisfail's Royal Theatre opened for the first time on Jan. 31, 1928, it was considered a crowning moment of cultural achievement for the town.

The Town of Innisfail is objecting to AltaLink's controversial preferred route through Central Alberta and has sent a senior staff member to make a presentation at the Alberta Utilities Commission hearing in Red Deer.

Penhold town council has taken issue with an Alberta Transportation request for the Highway 42/Waskasoo Avenue intersection over safety and traffic standards concerns.

Speaker of the Alberta legislature Gene Zwozdesky has apologized to Innisfail students, teachers and parents who witnessed rude and surly behavior by MLAs during a school visit to Edmonton last fall.