Innisfail News

At about 8:15 p.m. on July 7 a nervous Monica Kaban was looking out her window across her acreage towards the blackening sky to the southwest.

The talk and visioning is over. It’s time to show the dream. Innisfail’s long journey to revitalize its downtown core has completed the formal stage of public consultation on ideas for the future of Main Street.

Wildrose Alliance Party leader Danielle Smith’s decision to open her 22-day, 4,400-km summer tour in central Alberta is a sign of the area’s importance in the coming election, the party’s local candidate said.

Amendments to Innisfail’s Solid Waste Collection and Disposal System Bylaw passed second and third reading at the July 11 town council meeting.

Air cadets attending summer camp near Penhold got a rare treat last week when members of the Canadian Forces (CF) CF-18 Demonstration Team stopped by for a visit.

Innisfail’s new public library is on pace to open its doors in early October, Innisfail Town Council was told last week. Project manager Dale Mather provided an update on the building’s progress at the July 11 council meeting.

The town is launching a local contest to choose the final medal bearer for the Innisfail leg of the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay.

Innisfail’s off-leash dog park will soon become a reality after the proposal received town council approval on July 11. The 2.

Innisfail RCMP are on the look out for a pickup truck stolen from a home near Innisfail earlier this month. According to police the truck, a blue 1991 Ford F250 pickup, was stolen from a residence on Township Rd. 352 sometime between 5 p.m.

With one look TJ McLaughlin was told he was big and strong and will be Innisfail’s next star shot putter. Across the room Amanda Henschel heard that she was fast and will soon be a formidable force in track and field.