Innisfail News

The Welcoming Communities committee is moving forward with its plans to sponsor a Syrian refugee family of three. Earlier this summer the committee decided to sponsor a single mother with two young children.

Sherry Dijkstra of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Prairies to Peaks, left, receives a cheque for $2,900 from John Harris, owner of John's no frills after customers at his store raised the money for the local charity between Aug. 26 and Sept. 8.

During its latest meeting, Bowden town council was given a tough choice: spend more than $1 million to more than $2 million to install a new sewer line under Highway 2A, which would last for decades and not have to replace the north sewage lift stati

Grace Gresos, chair of the Phil-Can Neighbourhood Association of Innisfail (centre-left), presents May French, president of the Innisfail Seniors Drop-In Centre, a cheque for $1,500 to help with agency programming.

The Town of Innisfail has begun its fall recreation classes. Among them is this hotha yoga class at the Innisfail Library which started on Sept. 14.

Johnnie Bachusky, the editor of the Innisfail Province, gave a presentation on Saturday, Aug.

A female pied grebe rests on her nest during a recent gorgeous afternoon at Daines' Pond.

Tara Rankin, Shannon Belton, Kim Rude and Sydney Sparks serve burgers and hot dogs as Don Rude steps in line at the community barbecue held at Bowden Grandview School Thursday, Sept. 8.

People are still buying antiques in this very tough economy, two antique sellers from Innisfail say. “There's usually something that's cheap enough that people collect that they can pick up,” Janice Yeats said.

Innisfail has bid farewell to a hero of Canada and France. During a moving funeral on Aug. 19 at the St.