Innisfail News

Grade 1 students are a little more safety conscious after a half-day of safety presentations from Ag for Life and Innisfail community partners.

The figures are finally in and the great snow dumps of winter past have left their nasty mark on the town's budget.

It all comes down to one day and three hours. The graduating class of Innisfail Jr./Sr. High School celebrated 12 years of education in the Innisfail Middle School gymnasium in front of nearly 400 parents, grandparents and dignitaries on June 26.

At more than 700 pounds and standing about seven feet tall, Keno was the “gentle giant” of Discovery Wildlife Park.

The 2014 Innisfail Senior High graduating class has two valedictorians. In an unlikely circumstance, Courtney Orton and Shawn Abraham were named co-valedictorians of the 2014 Innisfail graduating class on June 24, ending the year with identical 89.

The new Palisades area development plan as submitted by Laebon Homes has hit a snag in council chambers.

A CP Rail worker narrowly escaped death last week after a collision between a southbound train and the loader he was working on. The collision occurred at the CP Rail intersection between Highway 2A and Twp. Rd.

Child care options in Penhold may begin to look different if the town's Child-Care Report's recommendations are adopted.

An Innisfail-area man, who allegedly committed a robbery at Kelly's Campground on June 5 and was the subject of an intense manhunt in Bowden a week later, made his first court appearance in Red Deer last week.

Penhold's Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) has approved Myles Monea's controversial Custom Bulk Services expansion and plans for new facilities on Fleming Avenue. MPC met on May 21 to discuss industrial expansion at 920 and 950 Fleming Ave.