Innisfail News

INNISFAIL – It was a tale of two seasons for Alberta’s potato farmers in 2018.

INNISFAIL -- As the community prepares for its new waste collection service to start on April 1, the town is still pursuing glass recycling options, even with a company outside the province.

INNISFAIL - The older a man gets, the higher is his risk for prostate cancer. Close to 60 men came out to have their PSA (prostate specific antigen) blood levels tested when The Man Van stopped in Innisfail for a one-day clinic on Jan. 19.

INNISFAIL - For the second straight year, a 250-student classroom addition to Carstairs Elementary School is the top priority infrastructure project in Chinook’s Edge School Division, say officials.

INNISFAIL - Local Mounties teamed up with regional RCMP detachments to collar a pair of armed robbery suspects believed to be responsible for three firearm heists over a three-day period earlier this month.

BOWDEN - A huge cache of street drugs, including crystal methamphetamine, has been seized by Bowden Institution staff.

INNISFAIL - The province’s decision to ban seclusion rooms in schools won’t impact Chinook’s Edge School Division since the jurisdiction doesn’t operate the controversial units, says superintendent Kurt Sacher.

INNISFAIL - It was 17 months ago when Jolene Bjarnason was driving home from Calgary after taking cherished friend Patty Connon for eye surgery that she miraculously cheated death on the highway.

INNISFAIL -- Kane Williams could not be happier.

INNISFAIL -- A local teen is facing theft and possession of stolen property charges following a bust in connection to a stolen vehicle. At about 1:30 a.m.