Bonnyville News

Hot dogs, s’mores, tobogganing, snow painting activities, bubbles, sleigh rides and fireworks – what could make a 75th birthday celebration better?

Changes in the global metal recycling market could see Lakeland residents seeing more green when they bring in their metal materials to a brand new metal recycling facility - Inland Steel Recycling - that opened in the Town of Bonnyville this year.

A traffic detour has been reported along Highway 55 east of the Riverhurst Hall, Sunday afternoon. Please avoid the area.

In a split vote, the MD of Bonnyville council approved a Public Notification Bylaw that changes how the municipality is required to advertise public notices and inform MD residents. The bylaw allows the MD to share municipal information in a largely digital manner.

Refugees with engineering technology backgrounds are getting a leg up with two initiatives being offered by the Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET), designed to get foreign-trained professionals assessed, accredited and working in the province sooner.

While investigating a business break in that occurred on Feb. 5, Bonnyville RCMP tracked the alleged suspect to their primary residence and recovered an estimated $40,000 worth of stolen equipment, including a Kubota tractor that had been stolen in July of 2022.

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a St. Paul man wanted in connection to an assault that took place in the parking lot of a Bonnyville grocery store on Feb. 10.

In the same week that Bonnyville RCMP was taking part in Operation Cold Start – locating 85 vehicles idling unattended with keys inside – police also received nine reports of vehicle thefts in the Bonnyville area. Only four of those vehicles have been recovered. 

Bonnyville RCMP are wanting to locate 33-year-old Stephanie Gadwa. Stephanie was last seen on Feb. 11, in Bonnyville.