Innisfail News

Exploding demand in Innisfail means Telus will invest $350,000 in Innisfail this year to expand and enhance wireless and broadband Internet services.

With the provincial government terminating its Summer Temporary Employment Program, the town has agreed to help out the Innisfail & District Chamber of Commerce this summer by picking up a one-time cost of $4,500 to operate the tourism information bo

Help for those suffering from the unprecedented flooding in southern Alberta is coming from local residents. Nichole Harrison and Jean Stewart are two locals collecting donations for flood relief on the Siksika Reserve. They hope to fill a 20-ft.

Local musician Devin Cooper has spent more than half his life playing music. The 16-year-old Innisfail Jr./Sr. High School student started playing guitar at the age of seven. He then taught himself to play drums.

The quarter-century-old Innisfail Aquatic Centre has been drained and will be closed to the public until Sept. 8 while the facility receives long overdue renovations.

The Innisfail Seniors Drop-in Centre is a step closer towards having new modern washroom facilities constructed at its facility.

Innisfail groups joined scores of others across the province to help victims of The Great Flood of 2013.

For 30 years the Innisfail Family Day Home Society has worked to help make a difference in the lives of family and children.

On June 4 at 3:30 p.m. the Innisfail RCMP learned five firearms had been stolen from an Innisfail residence. Police discovered signs of forced entry and noted the criminal payload included handguns. The incident is currently under investigation.

As pastor Mark Brown of the Cornerstone Gospel Chapel in Red Deer began the process of anointing the smallest church in Penhold, Ken McCarthy choked back tears. He built the church in honour of his adopted son Wayne Jr. after he passed away.