Innisfail News

BOWDEN -- Some people have indicated interest in tiny homes proposed for downtown Bowden, acting chief administrative officer Jacqui Molyneux says, even though the land envisioned for them has not even been rezoned to allow residential housing.

INNISFAIL – The message was loud and clear. Alberta’s oil and gas industry is desperate for help.

INNISFAIL - The 2018 building permit statistics have been released and despite ongoing pressures from the sluggish economy there are signs the town is finally seeing some relief.

INNISFAIL - The ongoing fundraising drive to pay for the restoration cost of the historic Sinclair House is getting a boost thanks to the popularity of a special brand of beer. Last week, the Innisfail and District Historical Society received a $537.

INNISFAIL -- The town has divided up $172,000 of provincial Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) funding for local non-profit community groups, with the winners being senior citizens and Chinook's Edge School Division. At town council's Jan.

BOWDEN - Councillors have voted to spend $10,000 (plus GST) to rebrand the Town of Bowden. Councillors made that decision during a council meeting earlier this month, accepting a proposal by Okotoks-based Rynic Communications. Coun.

SPRINGBROOK -- RCMP are still pursuing a desperate gunman wanted in connection to a carjacking and head-on two-vehicle crash last week that injured and shook up seven children riding on a school bus near Springbrook. On Jan.

SPRINGBROOK - Seven children and a driver riding on a Chinook's Edge School Division bus miraculously escaped serious injury or worse after being involved in a head-on collision with a stolen truck operated by an armed and dangerous fugitive being pu

INNISFAIL – The town has once again opened it doors to Syrian refugees. Duaa Alhariri, 30, and her two sons, Hadi, 4, and Omar, 3, arrived in Canada just before the new year on Dec. 29.

INNISFAIL – For two decades literacy has been a family affair. This year marks a special milestone for Family Literacy Day that's celebrated nationally every year on Jan. 27.