Innisfail News

The town has served notice to the Chinook's Edge School Board it wants to acquire the land under and around the Innisfail cenotaph. The request was tabled and discussed at the school board's monthly meeting on Dec. 14, and deferred until January.

BOWDEN - A horrific early morning semi-truck collision on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway at Bowden has claimed the lives of two Calgarians, one of them a Good Samaritan who stopped to help a stricken truck driver.

We have said farewell to 2016 and we say hello to 2017. The staff at the Innisfail Province wishes everyone a happy, prosperous and safe New Year.

INNISFAIL - Employees of Johns Manville helped share the true meaning of Christmas with their first Christmas supper. The turkey supper, held in two early evening sittings, took place Dec. 19 at the Innisfail United Church. “It's filling up.

Mounties are seeking the public's assistance in locating the culprit who vandalized ATM machines at two Innisfail financial institutions. At about 9:30 a.m. on Dec.

INNISFAIL - Innisfail and area residents once again gave from their hearts this Christmas.

BOWDEN - The town is working on its budget, and the goal is no increase in taxes or sewer and water rates, chief administrative officer James Mason says.

INNISFAIL – There is a new second in command at the high school. Scott MacDonald, 45, is the new vice-principal at Innisfail High School and brings more than two decades of experience as both an administrator and teacher.

PENHOLD - The community may take a second look at posted speed limits along Highway 2A through town after a child going to school was struck by a car while walking through a crosswalk with flashing lights.

Mother Nature has truly made today a White Christmas for everyone here in Innisfail and the region. We wish all Innisfailians, Penholders, Bowdenites and folks in all surrounding rural areas a wonderful 2016 Christmas Day.