Innisfail News

Returning for its eighth year, the Innisfail and District Historical Village is hosting the annual Vintage, Classic and Specialty Auto Show and pancake breakfast on May 26 starting at 8 a.m. "The show is used as an opener for the Historical Village.

The Junior 2 Yettis Lacrosse team finished its sixth game of the season Sunday night in Red Deer, playing against the Cranbrook Elite. This past weekend the Yettis tied the Red Deer Revenge 11-11 in a home game Saturday night.

Nine vehicles were damaged when a semi-truck with two flat-deck trailers drove off QEII, over the merge lane, into a ditch and up an embankment on the afternoon of May 9.

An open house became heated when a crowd of dissenting seniors put Mayor Jim Romane and council on the hot seat for a Q and A around 7:30 p.m. at the Innisfail Library/Learning Centre May 8.

A team of 24 from the Innisfail Alliance Church youth group will be undertaking a humanitarian trip to Coral De Pierdra, Costa Rica this August for two weeks.

Two women will be setting off on a walk meant to gain attention and offer awareness of the visually impaired and white cane users.

Break and enter A business at the Co-op mall was broken into between May 8 and 9. According to a press release from Innisfail RCMP officer Const. J.E. Thomas, Le Café Grind was accessed through the main entrance and various items stolen. Cpl.

A mobile home fire in Bowden claimed two lives last Sunday. Olds RCMP and the Bowden fire department were called to the Bowden Estates Trailer Park at approximately 1:24 a.m. to respond to a mobile home fire.

The Daines Rodeo Ranch just outside Innisfail will be playing host to the first annual Texas Connection Music Festival Aug. 17-18. “It's one of those ones we talked about for a few years,” said Adam Daines, president of TexAlta Productions.