Bonnyville News

Three organizations across the region have addressed areas of concern with the help of the Alberta Culture and Tourism Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP).

The Bonnyville Swimming Pool will remain closed through September while town staff continue renovations. In addition to annual maintenance, the town is doing additional work, repairing issues revealed in the town's study of the pool.

Natalie Thompson of the Lakeland Yellowjackets gained valuable experience representing Alberta at the Canada Summer Games. The best young athletes provinces can offer gathered in Winnipeg, MB, for the games from July 28 to Aug. 13.

Bonnyville RCMP is on the hunt for a man involved in the shooting of a liquor store employee. Just after midnight on Monday, Aug. 7, RCMP received a call that a robbery had taken place at a liquor store on 50 Ave. in Bonnyville.

Communities across Canada are helping clean up the shorelines, one piece of garbage at a time. On Thursday, Aug.

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It was the quick thinking of two town employees that had fire crews at the scene of a fire in downtown Bonnyville that much sooner. On the morning of Tuesday, Aug.

Aaron Christopher Watt will remain in custody while he waits for his preliminary trial Feb. 22, 2018. Honourable Judge Karl Wilberg denied Watt bail on Tuesday, Aug.

Bonnyville is one of the most active communities in Canada. Residents who take advantage of the many recreational ammenities at their disposal, can now boast their community as one of the best.

Kids with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) are getting a chance to go to summer camp. The overnight camp is run by the Lakeland Centre for FASD (LCFASD), and has been helping kids from across the region for 11 years.