Innisfail News

The legion is set to roll with a new set of wheels. Thursday, Doug and Joyce Whorrall donated a new 14-seat van to the Branch 104, decked out with images of the CF-104 Starfighter on the side of the blue 2011 Ford.

All construction is finished for the Penhold Multiplex, said Mayor Dennis Cooper last week. Council approved a report of the income and expenditures on the multiplex last Tuesday.

The head of Chinook’s Edge School Division is praising the actions of staff and students following last week’s lockdown of several Innisfail schools. Superintendent Kurt Sacher said the Sept.

Innisfail Town Council agreed to offer a three-year auditing services contract to a Red Deer company during the Sept. 12 council meeting.

Four local teens were allegedly attacked late last week by a group of masked men, wielding weapons and uttering threats. “Random. It was a totally random attack,” said Staff Sgt. Lyle Marianchuk of what he described as a serious crime of opportunity.

Penhold council agreed to increase the dollar amount for a pipe diversion system in the north end by $15,000 last week. On Aug.

He’s taken over 100 jumps in the last three years, but Saturday morning’s skydive from 10,000 feet up was by far the most memorable for Jason Balesdent.

Students were in lockdown yesterday after what sounded like gunshots were heard outside Innisfail Jr/Sr high school close to 3:00 p.m.

Officials at the Bowden Institution have reopened the medium-security facility near Innisfail following a four-day lockdown necessitated after a rash of fights among the facility’s inmates.

A group of 40 people will be lacing up their skates and hitting the ice this Saturday for a 24-hour hockey game. “We have 60 people so far signed up and that includes volunteers,” said organizer Trevor Jenner.