Innisfail News

Innisfailians looking for information on community organizations, recreation and sports groups and local support services are in luck this week.

Won Do Cho is a busy man. Carrying boxes of new phones and mattress covers for the soon-to-be Super 8, Cho also juggles questions coming from staff and the ringing telephone. “I’m just running around,” he said of the past few months.

Appearances by a Canadian funny car legend, a police car dragster and a historic western Canadian car club will ensure this weekend’s inaugural Innisfail Weekend of Wheels is one of the most memorable events the community has ever seen, a local spoke

Two local hockey players are expected to hit the ice at the Innisfail Arena this Friday when the Western Hockey League’s Red Deer Rebels host their division rivals, the Lethbridge Hurricanes, in an exhibition game.

In only his second year in the highly competitive world of drums corps, an Innisfail resident is now on top of the world.

An Innisfail veterinary clinic is stepping up to the plate for a provincial animal rescue group by hosting a charity dog walk later this month. Poplar Grove Veterinary Services’ inaugural Charity Dog Walk and Toonie Barbeque is scheduled on Sept.

Why is it that when you want to put a car show together and someone says “let’s have a theme” they always pick the 50s? I am getting a small inkling of why. It’s because of guys like these in the above picture. The “Igniters”.

This year’s Innisfail Weekend of Wheels is revving up to be bigger and better than before. And Jodi Desjardins is hoping to capitalize on the crowds. “The men are there for hours,” she said of the show that runs until 4 p.m.

Deadlines are quickly approaching for community service awards and organizers are urging people interested to fill out nomination papers. “…It’s about the community,” said Shelley Gagnon, community services director for the Town of Innisfail.

Innisfail town council moved ahead with second reading of a bylaw amendment that will increase disposal charges at the town’s transfer station but held off on final reading in order to give councillors more time to examine the proposed changes.