Innisfail News

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.

Downtown streets roared to life this weekend as the inaugural Innisfail Weekend of Wheels rolled into town.

It’s different, but the same. That’s what students are saying about heading back to school on a new calendar.

The annual ArtWalk has concluded its fifth consecutive year in five area towns as of Sept. 6, and organizers from Wellspring Visual ArtNetwork Association say they are pleased with the summer’s turnout of interest.

A year-long pilot project that will assess the benefits of light-emitting diode (LED) streetlights officially got underway in Innisfail last week.

The first phase of the Ol’ Moose Hall facelift is almost complete. Innisfail Town Theatre group members suspect the brick outlay on the front of the building should be complete sometime this month.

About $250,000 to $300,000 damage was done to the Westwind Motel in Bowden as a result of an early morning fire on the morning of September 5. Members of the Bowden Fire Department received an alarm at 4:33 a.m.