Innisfail News

Starting on May 22, Daryl Bonar, a military officer and former Edmonton mayoral candidate, began a journey to run from Calgary to Edmonton in support of the Youth Emergency Shelter Society’s (YESS) Homeless for a Night event.

Kerry Towle Innisfail resident and local business owner Kerry Towle has announced she will be running for office for the first time in the next provincial election.

The first ever 55+ Trade Fair in Innisfail packed the Legion on June 1 and attendance numbers overwhelmed organizers with the success of the event. More than 250 people came through the doors to the trade fair from 2-7 p.m.

Although the Progressive Conservatives have held an overwhelming majority in the Alberta legislature since 1971, a changing political scene in Alberta may open the door for two emerging grassroots parties in the next provincial election.

Half an inch. That’s all that stood between 14-year-old Innisfail resident Kevin Barnes and his dream of donating his hair to provide wigs for cancer victims two years ago.

A new construction project has broken ground in Innisfail that will bring a little bit of Spanish inspired old world charm to an otherwise western town.

Innisfail residents are being encouraged to get to know their neighbours through the latest initiative by Envision Innisfail.

A year-end celebration was held on May 30 at École John Wilson Elementary School (JWES) marking the end of the fifth year of the Roots of Empathy program in Innisfail.

An AltaLink spokesperson was in town last week to update the Innisfail Chamber of Commerce board on the status of the Red Deer Area Transmission Development.

Penhold residents got their first look at the town’s renovated and expanded fire hall during the Penhold Fire Department’s open house on May 28.