Innisfail News

Kim Tucker sat on the couch of her Red Deer home cuddling her six-year-old son, Gage Daoust, who smiled as he played with the Hot Wheels car in his hand. “Do you like your cuddles with mom, Gage?” Tucker asked as she looked deep into his eyes.

Grade 12 Innisfail Junior/Senior High School students Jessica Layden and Rael Blaine have been nominated for 2014 Alberta Citizenship awards.

A school bus carrying six children on the way to Bowden Grandview School was struck at the intersection of highways 42 and 54 by a pickup truck on May 26 around 8:30 a.m. No one was injured in the collision that involved three vehicles.

The Innisfail Family Centre is celebrating two years of serving Innisfail and the area on June 7.

Penhold council passed the municipality's 2014 budget of slightly more than $9 million with no tax rate increase.

The provincial government has committed $20,000 a year to the operations of the Bowden Heritage Rest Area from now until 2016.

The Penhold Fire Department has been kept busy responding to reports of smoke on the east side of Penhold. Shortly after 2 p.m.

Highway traffic safety in and around Penhold is becoming a hot issue after the recent death of Trystan Sorensen on May 20 as he travelled by longboard on Highway 592 west of Penhold.

Innisfail youth who attend the Boys and Girls Club of Innisfail will be jammin' the night away on June 13.

Town council has agreed to spend $24,000 for the Innisfail Fire Department to acquire new personal protective equipment.