Innisfail News

The controversial sign on wheels that's been the topic of heated debate in Penhold for more than a year will soon disappear.

The Innisfail Public Library was the cultural hub September 27 and 28 where paintings, writing and other forms of expression were on display.

ATB Financial has celebrated its 75th birthday across the province and the Innisfail branch hosted its own party in grand style on Sept. 27.

The dramatic acting workshop originally scheduled for September 20 and 21 has been postponed to Saturday, Oct. 5.

The third annual Speed Awareness Campaign rolled into town last week and motorists were stopped one by one by peace officers and given a special card.

The annual Innisfail Trail Ride Against Cancer, a time honoured charity event for the past 26 years, has catapulted to a new and unprecedented level of popularity and success by more than doubling the money it raised the year before.

Innisfail RCMP is probing a brazen and massive overnight $18,000 theft at the local Home Hardware store. Local police received a call at 8:10 a.m. on Sept. 9 of a break-in at the store, said Innisfail RCMP Cpl. Don Morrish.

Brian Spiller will be the new mayor of Innisfail. Spiller, a 53-year-old retired dairy wholesaler, was acclaimed yesterday to succeed Jim Romane, who is retiring on election day – Oct. 21 - after serving just one term.

Tyler Nicolay is finally coming home. The 18-year-old Innisfail teen, stricken with the potentially deadly hantavirus, is out of a medically induced coma and was able to take his first steps last week since being stricken in late August.

Innisfail residents will be celebrating Alberta's arts and cultural communities on September 27th and 28th at the Innisfail Public Library, when the facility hosts two grand events to commemorate Alberta Culture Days.