Innisfail News

A group of about 20 Penhold community members, including youth, parents and town officials, met at the multiplex to dream big and come up with an action plan for a high quality skatepark.

Binder Construction beat out seven other bidders to snag a $7.8-million contract for the modernization project of Innisfail schools that will further integrate public and Catholic school boards while invigorating an aging set of buildings.

Local residents are teaming up to fight back against bullying with a series of benefit concerts to boost student support programs in the face of governments tightening their belts.

Pharmacies across Alberta participated in a provincewide rally last week to protest cuts to generic drug prices.

Having bought a UV-emitting device during the last week in March the Town of Penhold will now offer indoor tanning at the fitness centre in the multiplex.

Innisfail town council carried first reading of a bylaw amendment that would establish a new definition for “stacked-row housing” in the town's land use bylaw.

Work is set to begin soon on Phase 2 of the downtown revitalization project. The work is set to begin May 6 along 50th Street from 47th Avenue through 49th Avenue.

As flames engulfed the balcony of a fourplex residence on 46 Avenue at about 6 p.m. on April 5, the neighbours sprang into action.

Penhold is getting into the tanning business as the provincial government ramps up a public health campaign to expose the dangers of artificial sunbathing.

The Innisfail Town Theatre cast is putting the final touches on a play about a senior trying to put the final touches on her own work of fiction.