Innisfail News

Penhold’s fire chief says a proposed provincial tax break would go a long way to addressing the problem of the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters across the province.

Although many of the final arrangements for the second annual Innisfail Relay for Life have already been made, organizers are still looking for teams interested in participating or individuals willing to work as volunteers.

Just more than two weeks after a devastating fire destroyed close to one third of the Town of Slave Lake, residents who have a home to return to have started making their way back to the northern Alberta town.

Innisfail is about to get a little greener. The town’s curbside recycling green box program, which was approved by town council in April, officially gets underway tomorrow.

Penhold’s high school students will remain a little closer to home in 2014; while three Innisfail schools will gain some much needed space through a modernization announced by the Alberta government last week.

Envision Innisfail was a project created to engage community members but has now extended its influence far past the Innisfail town limits after receiving a prestigious provincial award last week.

A new farmer’s market in Penhold may result in residents no longer have to travel out of town to find locally produced goods.

Public works facility contract awarded to Red Deer company A contract to build a new public works facility for the Town of Innisfail has been awarded to Red Deer’s Shunda Consulting and Construction Management Ltd.

Penhold Town Council met for it’s regular public meeting on Tuesday, May 24 at the council chambers in the Penhold Regional Multiplex.

The Innisfail Public Library is hoping to get by with a little help from their friends.