Innisfail News

Even the rain couldn't keep them away. Despite the wet weather 75 people turned up for the 9th Annual Vintage, Classic and Specialty Vehicle Show and Pancake Breakfast during the 2013 grand opening of the Innisfail Historical Village on May 25.

In the coming weeks Carmax Consulting Inc. will begin taking a bite out of the giant piles of gravel along the QE II Highway just east of Penhold as it embarks on a night paving project.

Penhold council approved the Taxation Bylaw in one fell swoop during its regularly scheduled meeting May 13.

In a real world response to a digital offensive, Penhold activist Ken McCarthy called out two local residents in one of the most recent signs posted along Highway 2A on his property meant to provoke political action.

Cpl. Don Morrish is a quiet policeman looking forward to getting back out on the beat after years spent probing crime scenes as a forensics cop.

The union that was recently elected to represent about 100 support staff at an assisted living complex in Innisfail will push for higher wages as it begins to develop a collective agreement with Langley-based Chantelle Management Ltd.

Veterans of the Korean War were honoured in an afternoon ceremony held at the Innisfail Legion May 16.

Town council approved an election bylaw that authorizes the town to use electronic voting machinery during the municipal election in October.

The Emergency 911 Act, which passed third reading in the Alberta legislature on May 6, includes stiff fines for individuals who deliberately abuse 911 service.

For Carolyn Beckwith, there's no place like being out in the garden. “It's a passion,” the president of the Innisfail and District Garden Club said. “I just love getting out in the spring, growing my own vegetables and having my own flowers grow.