Innisfail News

The cleanup of the spill along the Red Deer River banks and Gleniffer Lake continued over the weekend, with 261 response personnel at work on Sunday and 275 on Saturday.

The Bowden Institution prisoner who made his escape in late April was sentenced to serve an additional four months in jail for escaping lawful custody when he appeared in Red Deer provincial court on June 13.

Minor lacrosse players can see the Junior 2 Yettis play their last regular season home game for free this Saturday. The Yettis are having a Minor Lacrosse Day on June 23. The team will be facing off against the Red Deer Revenge starting at 2 p.m.

The contentious train whistle debate is sounding alarm once again in Innisfail. Two letters were submitted to council June 11 from Chuck Blanchard citing concerns over the noise produced when the trains come through town.

The 52nd annual Innisfail Daines Ranch Rodeo was held last week and over the weekend.

Participants of the third annual Relay for Life stormed through the pouring rain that hit Innisfail just after 4 a.m. June 9. “Nothing stops us,” said Trish King, revenue development coordinator for the Canadian Cancer Society.

A mistrial application in the case of a former Innisfail RCMP constable who was convicted of 14 criminal charges including criminal harassment, extortion and mortgage fraud became a possibility during a June 6 Court of Queen's Bench Appearance in Red

Court election was delayed again in the case of a man charged in relation to a collision that left four Filipino workers dead and one injured.

A $15-million expansion project will add a new 96-bed medium security unit at Bowden Institution. The construction follows a $9.