Innisfail News

Telus is getting closer to starting on a new tower in Penhold. When asked about information that indicated a site had been chosen, a Telus spokesperson said establishing a lease is in process.

The fitness centre at the Penhold Regional Multiplex is starting to thrive under the town's management. In May the fitness centre took in over $9,000 of revenue, council learned in a report from the multiplex facilities manager on June 11.

It's the thrill, it's the friends and it's the silence of gliding in the sky that draws a group of gliding enthusiasts to the Innisfail airport almost every weekend from April through to October.

The closing of the Penhold Air Cadet Camp at Canadian Forces Base Penhold is going to have a negative economic impact on the area according to the Penhold mayor.

The Innisfail Indians peewee softball team won silver at a tournament hosted in Innisfail June 15-17. “The tournament was actually a great success,” said Rick Blais, league liaison. This is the fourth annual softball tournament in Innisfail.

Tax penalties in Penhold will remain at four per cent per period over three periods instead of rising back to a single 12 per cent penalty after the beginning of August. Penhold councillors debated the change during their June 11 meeting.

A bylaw which reduces and moves the commercial area planned for the Oxford Landing development in Penhold was passed by councillors during the June 11 meeting.

A four-year municipal council term might give people some second thoughts about running in local elections said both the mayor of Innisfail and the mayor of Penhold.

Two riders in Innisfail are saddling up this summer and geocaching in the West Country. Lynn Scott and A.R.

Innisfail is rolling out a program aimed at getting people rolling off their couches and into the outdoors.