Innisfail News

Recently defeated former Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Luke Ouellette will get an estimated transition allowance worth more than $500,000, Canadian Taxpayers Federation records show.

The Grade 5 students of Penhold School graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program on April 17. “It's wonderful,” said Clark Peters, the principal of Penhold School, of the 10 week long program. Cpl. A.J.

The Innisfail Lions are hoping to cash in on the soon to be defunct penny.

A food drive in support of the Innisfail Food Bank has started up at Kevin's Nofrills store and will run until May 5.

An inmate who went missing from the Bowden Institution April 26 was located in Calgary early Saturday evening. Dean Leonard McClelland, 46, was located and arrested “without incident” in Calgary around 6:30 p.m.

The location of the Innisfail Seniors Drop-In Centre is currently under review and regulars are hopeful to remain at the current locale. Starting May 8 at 7 p.m.

Road closure planned for May 5 Council approved the road closure on 50 Street from Centennial Park to the Tourism Booth and Lakeshore Drive from the Tourism Booth to Highway 54 for the Ride for Sophia event this Saturday.

Tanning bed proposed Councillors are asking Penhold town staff for more information after a report recommended the purchase of a tanning bed for the fitness centre at the Penhold Regional Multiplex on April 23.

Tools stolen The Innisfail RCMP are asking for public help in solving the theft of tools and other supplies from a trailer in the rural Innisfail area. The theft occurred between April 13 and 16 at a utility trailer on a construction site on Rge. Rd.

The 31st annual Innisfail and District Trade and Leisure Show had entertainment and vendors to suit almost any taste on Friday night and Saturday.