Bonnyville News

An early morning fire that is being considered suspicious at this time is threatening to erase one of Bonnyville’s first hospitals, Duclos Hospital. The building has sat vacant for more than a year following an AHS order to close the building.

The province’s first RCMP support service dog is retiring after nearly a decade on the job. The Bonnyville community said farewell during a community barbecue on May 26.

‘Silence cannot be the marker of strength anymore. I want to break the stigma, and we can’t change what we don’t dare speak of,’ says Blaise Hunter, a certified reproductive health rights advocate and the founder of the Footprints initiative.

UCP candidate elect Scott Cyr swept the Bonnyville-Cold-Lake-St. Paul riding, taking about 75 per cent of the vote according to reports by Elections Alberta shortly after midnight on May 30.

UCP candidate Scott Cyr is leading in the polls by more than 800 votes compared to NDP candidate Caitlyn Blake, as more than half of the polling stations in the Bonnyville-Cold Lake- St. Paul are reporting ballot counts.

For voters who didn't take advantage of early polling stations, May 29 is the last chance to cast a ballot in the 2023 Alberta Provincial Election. Across the provinces voting stations opened at 9 a.m. and will remain open until 8 p.m.

Bonnyville paramedics got the chance to meet the public during a fun and informative EMS open house and community barbecue.

After battling for first place in Lacombe earlier this month, the École Notre Dame High School’s senior men’s handball team has proven once again they are the best Tier II high school handball team in the province, earning the title of provincial champions.

A 32-year-old Bonnyville man is facing charges of theft of motor vehicle in relation to a truck that was allegedly stolen from a residence in Glendon in the early morning of May 22.

Between May 21 and May 25, at least five Bonnyville and area drivers were found to be behind the wheel while impaired.