Innisfail News

Penhold council has accepted a land supply and growth potential study that shows the town could need to annex more industrial and residential land before 30 years is up.

Citizens catch fire Two weeks ago, members of Innisfail Citizens on Patrol came across an unattended grass fire in a park in town. They contacted Innisfail RCMP who in turn contacted the fire department. Cpl. A.J.

Plans are in motion to sort out a list of concerns which have surfaced since the new library/learning centre opened unofficially last January.

The cleanup of the spill along the Red Deer River banks and Gleniffer Lake continued over the weekend, with 261 response personnel at work on Sunday and 275 on Saturday.

The Bowden Institution prisoner who made his escape in late April was sentenced to serve an additional four months in jail for escaping lawful custody when he appeared in Red Deer provincial court on June 13.

Minor lacrosse players can see the Junior 2 Yettis play their last regular season home game for free this Saturday. The Yettis are having a Minor Lacrosse Day on June 23. The team will be facing off against the Red Deer Revenge starting at 2 p.m.

The contentious train whistle debate is sounding alarm once again in Innisfail. Two letters were submitted to council June 11 from Chuck Blanchard citing concerns over the noise produced when the trains come through town.

The 52nd annual Innisfail Daines Ranch Rodeo was held last week and over the weekend.

Participants of the third annual Relay for Life stormed through the pouring rain that hit Innisfail just after 4 a.m. June 9. “Nothing stops us,” said Trish King, revenue development coordinator for the Canadian Cancer Society.