Innisfail News

INNISFAIL - Innisfail and area shoppers can jump-start their holiday shopping during the Christmas Farmers Market. The annual market is being held on Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Nov.19 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The first Legion Hall (or Memorial Hall as it was known then) was built across from the Provincial Building in 1920. It was constructed of brick manufactured in the local brickyard.

INNISFAIL - The expanded Commnity Bus program to Red Deer is slowly starting to catch on with Innisfailians after its first month of operation. “I think it is positive.

PENHOLD – Like many municipalities in the province, the Town of Penhold is waiting to learn more details about Alberta's looming carbon tax and its impact on the town.

Innisfail RCMP continue to probe complaints of bogus money circulating in town. At about 9:45 a.m. on Oct.

The town has completed two public forums as the first part of its seniors' needs assessment to create an age friendly community for the elderly population, and now comes a detailed survey.

BOWDEN - For the fourth year in a row hundreds of Bowden Institution inmates have been making a positive difference. They have chosen to “to reach out beyond the fence” by walking hundreds and hundreds of mile in the prison yard.

PENHOLD - Red Deer educator Everett Tetz is stepping up to help Penholders make their skatepark dream a reality.

DIDSBURY – It's tough to imagine what soldiers went through in the trenches during World War I and II. Some soldiers actually passed the time making beautiful art, using items that are more associated with death and destruction than beauty.

'Tis the season to be filled with joyful moments, great company and plenty of laughter. Those seasonal attributes can also be found in Innisfail Town Theatre's fall production of Social Security, a romantic comedy by Andrew Bergman.