Bonnyville News

The Fort Kent graveyard is in need of some tidying up and resident Caroline Biddle is hoping to encourage people, especially those with loved ones buried there, to lend a hand in keeping it shipshape over the next few months.

“The Bonnyville RCMP continues to fulfill its mandate to enforce property crime offences which, often times, uncover other serious offences, such as, in this case, the discovery of 21 firearms and $40,000 worth of cocaine and methamphetamine,” said Staff Sgt. Sarah Parker.

A search warrant executed by Bonnyville RCMP in Kehewin resulted in the seizure of drugs, guns and the recovery of stolen property.

On May 4, the Bonnyville Municipal Library held a free community event to celebrate Free Comic Book Day.

Bonnyville RCMP seized a firearm, brass knuckles and cocaine following a traffic stop near Kehewin on April 24.

On May 4 and 5, the Tangled Threads Quilt Guild held a quilt show at the Bonnyville Seniors Centre McGregor Hall.

On April 30, first responders in Bonnyville set up a mock incident scene in a parking lot just outside the Bonnyville and District Centennial Centre (C2) for its annual mock collision event.

The Bonnyville and District Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for its 2024 Business Resiliency Awards.  

Town of Bonnyville council has approved its 2024 capital and operating budgets, sticking with a two per cent tax increase.

Farmers in the Lakeland region involved with the Northeast Growing Project grow crops which are sold, then the money is donated to the Canadian Food Grains Bank.