Innisfail News

INNISFAIL – Cloudy skies and cool temperatures did not dull the enthusiasm of hundreds of country music fans attending the Ivan Daines Friends & Heroes Country music Pick-Nic.

INNISFAIL – Calling all escape artists. The Innisfail Public Library is hosting its first escape room. Feeding Time, a circus themed event, takes place at the library from Aug. 20 to 24.

OLDS - An Innisfail man is facing 25 new Criminal Code charges after allegedly evading RCMP capture by smashing a stolen vehicle into a police cruiser and the town's registries office. At about noon hour on Aug.

Mark Kemball, owner of Innisfail's Dairy Queen, celebrates with staff during the company's 17th annual national Miracle Treat Day on Aug 8. The proceeds of every Blizzard dessert sold go towards Calgary's Alberta Children’s Hospital.

The cool temperatures, clouds and damp weather didn't keep crowds away this week for the 43rd annual Ivan Daines Friends & Heroes Country Music Pick-Nic, at the Daines Rodeo Ranch, north of Innisfail, Aug. 7 to 11.

INNISFAIL - A two-day operation by an RCMP bicycle team probing criminal hot spots has resulted in multiple criminal charges and the issuing of more than two dozen tickets, including positive ones for children. Between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m.

PENHOLD – The town’s first solar panel project is nearing completion. A total of 1,092 solar panels are being installed on the roof of the Penhold Regional Multiplex. The installation began in early July and is being done by CBI Solar in Red Deer.

INNISFAIL – Dorien Llewellyn is a Pan American Games champion.

ELNORA - Cemetery officials in the village are seeking the public's help to identify the remains of an unknown military veteran in a fragile wooden urn that was uncovered in late spring.

INNISFAIL – Classic, old-time, rising and local country artists will take to the stage this week for the Annual Ivan Daines Friends and Heroes Country Music 43rd Pick-Nic.