Innisfail News

The third annual Speed Awareness Campaign rolled into town last week and motorists were stopped one by one by peace officers and given a special card.

The annual Innisfail Trail Ride Against Cancer, a time honoured charity event for the past 26 years, has catapulted to a new and unprecedented level of popularity and success by more than doubling the money it raised the year before.

Innisfail RCMP is probing a brazen and massive overnight $18,000 theft at the local Home Hardware store. Local police received a call at 8:10 a.m. on Sept. 9 of a break-in at the store, said Innisfail RCMP Cpl. Don Morrish.

Brian Spiller will be the new mayor of Innisfail. Spiller, a 53-year-old retired dairy wholesaler, was acclaimed yesterday to succeed Jim Romane, who is retiring on election day – Oct. 21 - after serving just one term.

Tyler Nicolay is finally coming home. The 18-year-old Innisfail teen, stricken with the potentially deadly hantavirus, is out of a medically induced coma and was able to take his first steps last week since being stricken in late August.

Innisfail residents will be celebrating Alberta's arts and cultural communities on September 27th and 28th at the Innisfail Public Library, when the facility hosts two grand events to commemorate Alberta Culture Days.

One of Innisfail's biggest spiritual hearts is bidding farewell. Father Adam Daniluk of the Our Lady of Peace Parish is leaving town to lead St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Olds. He will also be responsible for the affairs of St.

The original plan by John Schneider was for a quick operation that would pave the way for future prosperity for his business.

Innisfail school kids have stepped up to the plate against bullying. The Sept. 17 “Wear Orange Day”, initiated by Talitha Watkinson – president of the Innisfail Minor Football Association – is being considered an overwhelming success.

For the second time in four months burglars have targeted the same local house. Innisfail RCMP Cpl. Don Morrish said Mounties received a report of a residential break-in in the 51 Avenue and 40 Street area shortly before 6 p.m. on Sept. 12.