Innisfail News

It took Matt Glover longer to load up his dog River and take off from the Red Deer Regional Airport than it did to fly to the Innisfail Airport Sunday morning.

Reports of funnel clouds swirling above Innisfail May 29 ushered in a summer storm season that could roll in with a bang, thanks to recent moist conditions.

Hockey and basketball teams were escorted out of the Penhold Regional Multiplex through light smoke in the lobby by firefighters after an automatic alarm triggered the evacuation Saturday morning.

Innisfail town council voted to postpone its 42nd Street surface upgrade project for a year, a decision that disappointed at least one councillor. The town had planned to upgrade 42nd Street between Highway 2A and 48th Avenue in 2013.

For the past 10 years, Innisfail Public Library children's programmer Miss Sherry has been connecting with local children through programs at the library.

The Town of Innisfail will not add a centre median at the 50th Street and 49th Avenue intersection during Phase 2 of downtown revitalization this summer.

After putting up the property for sale, Melcor has jumped back into the Penhold real estate market enthusiastically, with work on Phase 1 of a new subdivision set to begin in the fall.

A new set of fees for Penhold Regional Multiplex rentals was approved by council at its regularly scheduled meeting May 27, with the exception of meeting room rates which seemed too high to some of the members. The motion was approved unanimously.

A Penhold resident is flush with optimism after council passed first reading of a plan to intensify the zoning on an area at Minto Street and Fleming Avenue during its regularly scheduled council meeting May 27.

Growers of the province's largest asparagus field kicked off their seventh annual Asparagus Festival this past weekend, signifying the official start to the growing season.