Innisfail News

Cpl. Don Morrish is a quiet policeman looking forward to getting back out on the beat after years spent probing crime scenes as a forensics cop.

The union that was recently elected to represent about 100 support staff at an assisted living complex in Innisfail will push for higher wages as it begins to develop a collective agreement with Langley-based Chantelle Management Ltd.

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.