Innisfail News

The Innisfail Chamber of Commerce's new executive director aims to help the local business advocate create more value for its membership.

Knife intruder Just before 6 a.m. a middle-aged man broke into Black Magic Auto Works in Penhold, brandishing a large knife. The complainant told police the man threatened a stabbing before taking off.

All that glisters isn't gold. That's the lesson several locals learned the hard way after an encounter with a street hustler selling fake jewelry during a rash of frauds in the past few weeks, according to a local jeweler.

Chinook's Edge School Division will work to correct a $3.5-million shortfall in instructional and administration funding as it prepares its 2013-2014 budget, say officials.

Penhold council members expressed enthusiasm at the prospect of receiving a proposal from the local seniors group to partner on an LED sign along Highway 2A.

A single bull fetched $75,000 during the Mountain View Bull Sale in Innisfail on March 23. It was the largest amount paid for a single bull at the Innisfail Auction Market in its history.

A study of kindergarten students who live in the region that includes Penhold revealed 37.26 per cent of children analyzed experienced difficulty or great difficulty with language and thinking skills. This was in stark contrast to the average of 29.

Innisfail ranked first out of 42 Albertan communities which FortisAlberta measured for electricity reduction as a result of Earth Hour.

Break and enter Early March 22 an employee of Innisfail Welding arrived at a work site west of Highway 2A north of town to find a robbery in progress.

Innisfail town council amended the town's 2013 tax rate bylaw before it carried second and third readings but the amendment won't affect the 1.5 per cent increase property owners face this year.