Innisfail News

The Innisfail Aquatic Centre was the scene of competitive wet fun on the weekend. The Innisfail Hurricanes Water Polo Club hosted a clinic on Jan. 30 for dozens of young male and female athletes to learn the finer points of the sport.

There is no such thing as a boundary between cowboys. They always stick together, take care of their own, and share their mighty hearts, especially in times of need.

Town council has approved a new fee rate structure for organizers of the annual Tournament of Champions Novice/Atom Hockey Tournament.

The RCMP's Priority Crimes Task Force has put down another major organized crime trafficking operation in the region and it has an Innisfail connection.

Seniors in Innisfail can look forward to a variety of activities, including some new programming at the Innisfail Seniors Drop-In Centre in 2016. And that is due largely to the addition of the centre's new program coordinator.

RCMP have nabbed a fugitive Penhold man for allegedly being in possession of a stolen vehicle. During the early morning hours of Jan. 19, Red Deer city RCMP stopped a vehicle in the city's 59 Avenue area, south of 67 Street.

Literacy will be in the spotlight during Family Literacy Day events this week in Innisfail and Penhold. Every year Family Literacy Day is celebrated on Jan. 27 in communities across the country and here in Alberta.

The Innisfail Community Refugee Sponsorship Committee has been created and is working to bring a second Syrian refugee family to Innisfail. The new committee came together last week during its first general meeting on Jan.

Penhold continues to be a provincial housing market's diamond in the rough that is shining brightly through an increasingly overall dim and depressed Alberta economy.

With Alberta's battered economy leading many troubled citizens to make unhealthy choices for relief from stress, Innisfail's Parkland Community Church is offering a solution. During the church's Sunday morning service on Jan.