Bonnyville News

Bonnyville residents have gone above and beyond last year’s totals donated through the Bonnyville RCMP detachment’s Pack the Police Car food drive, despite increased financial pressures experienced by many.

Ratepayers in the Town of Bonnyville will see a two per cent tax increase, as well as increases to utility, garbage and other service rates. The moderate increases are somewhat of a 'token tax increase' compared to overall inflations that have seen some costs soar by 12 per cent, says the Town's CAO.

For the first time ever, the Bonnyville Friendship Centre will be serving up a hot Christmas meal for those who are in need made possible with support from Trinity Xpress Ltd.

On Dec. 16, the Senior Pontiacs’ 70th anniversary game marked decades worth of milestones achieved by generations of Bonnyville hockey players – including a 6-2 Pontiac victory over the Devon Oil Barons earned that evening. 

A dire situation has found a positive resolution for the Bonnyville Friendship Centre and Food Bank after being on the verge of having its charitable registration pulled by the Canada Revenue Agency, just days before Christmas.

Santa's Elves were busy at work on Wednesday evening wrapping hundreds of gifts at Bonnyville Centralized High School.

Bonnyville Centralized High School hosted two charity scrimmages that saw the town's two high school varsity team's battle it out on the courts on Monday, Dec. 12.

As 4-H events wrap up for 2022, 23 Beaver River Beef 4-H members and four cleaver members will be getting ready to watch their projects grow in the new year.

Strathcona Resources Ltd. has stepped up to be the headline contributor for the proposed regional performing arts theatre project to be created in Bonnyville. The agreement made with the Clayton Bellamy Foundation for the Arts comes with a $250,000 investment over a three-year period.