Innisfail News

Veterans of the Korean War were honoured in an afternoon ceremony held at the Innisfail Legion May 16.

Town council approved an election bylaw that authorizes the town to use electronic voting machinery during the municipal election in October.

The Emergency 911 Act, which passed third reading in the Alberta legislature on May 6, includes stiff fines for individuals who deliberately abuse 911 service.

For Carolyn Beckwith, there's no place like being out in the garden. “It's a passion,” the president of the Innisfail and District Garden Club said. “I just love getting out in the spring, growing my own vegetables and having my own flowers grow.

Innisfail town council finalized a land-use bylaw amendment to provide a definition for “stacked row housing.

Penhold volunteer firefighters headed up with their chief to join the Alpha crew waging war with the wildfires near Nordegg after more than 100 residents were forced to evacuate. The first wave of five Penhold members reported for duty at 10 a.m.

A minivan driver who died in a head-on collision with a semi-trailer along Highway 54 near Rge. Rd. 13 just after 4 p.m. May 6 was burned so badly emergency responders couldn't identify the body.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Innisfail has hired a new executive director who aims to expand the local non-profit's resources so it can provide more in the community. Tim Howard began work at Big Brothers Big Sisters on May 6.

As the Canadian retail marketplace experienced a slight surge in the first part of 2013, some local businesses rode the wave while others fought to drum up sales. Canadian retail sales increased .

RCMP have released a composite sketch of a man they believe is responsible for a series of daytime break-in and enters in Innisfail and other area municipalities.