Innisfail News

The talented group of players at Innisfail Town Theatre (ITT) is gearing up for another exciting season -- one that promises something old, something new, lots of laughs and maybe even a few tears for local patrons of the arts.

School has started once again for hundreds of children in Innisfail.

A disturbing confrontation nine days ago in Raspberry Park between a solitary 14-year-old teen and a gang of seven youths has resulted in RCMP laying assault with a weapon charges against two alleged assailants.

Many would-be playwrights go years before they ever realize the achievement of having their work presented on the public stage, and some never reach that goal.

Catching kids doing things right instead of wrong, that's the goal behind the Positive Ticket Program that has been a successful ongoing initiative in Innisfail for several years.

Three teen motor vehicle passengers sustained minor injuries when their vehicle “fishtailed” off a service road and over an embankment at Gleniffer Lake. Innisfail RCMP Cpl. Don Morrish said police were called shortly after 7 p.m. on Aug.

The Innisfail Aquatic Centre will soon be ready for action. The centre, which has been closed since July 2 following an Innisfail Dolphins tournament, will reopen for swimming competitors and the public on Sept. 9.

Following the eight-month municipal inspection review into the affairs of the Town of Penhold, Mayor Dennis Cooper said that council would implement all directives given in the report. “All the directives will be followed,” Cooper said.

Suspected thieves led Innisfail RCMP on an early morning high-speed 20-kilometre chase from Spruce View to Sylvan Lake after an ATM (automated teller machine) was violently yanked out from a Caroline fast-food restaurant.

Innisfail RCMP has bagged a gang of axe- and rifle-wielding Red Deer teens caught prowling Penhold streets and breaking into multiple vehicles and a residential home.