Bonnyville News

Almost 12 months to the day since last year's municipal elections and the Town of Bonnyville is in as good a shape as ever according to its Mayor Gene Sobolewski.

Mosque-goers are relieved from the “overwhelming” support received from the community after vandals struck the Cold Lake mosque on Oct. 24.

Local representatives are once again voicing their concerns over the “unfair” RCMP funding process across Alberta. Currently local RCMP detachments are being funded by towns and cities.

The MD of Bonnyville Council has passed a series of proposed bylaw amendments, which will allow major and minor industrial development to take place on agricultural land.

Local Ford dealership Ducharme Motors has partnered up with a renowned national charitable organization to collect “much-needed” food for the Bonnyville Food Bank.

After over four years of seeing his name scribbled beside a variety of stories, readers will no longer find a Brandon MacLeod byline in the Bonnyville Nouvelle.

An act of vandalism at the Cold Lake Mosque overnight has left many in the community both saddened and confused about why the incident took place. When hair stylist Kelly Ross arrived to work Friday morning she said, "I was heartbroken.

A small collection of local business owners gathered at the Shaw House last week to discuss potential ideas on how best to combat the chronic labour shortage many are dealing with in the Lakeland.

Local entrepreneurs and dignitaries from across the region came together last week as the Bonnyville and District and Cold Lake Regional Chambers of Commerce hosted the first-ever Lakeland Business of the Year Awards.

An investigation into a fatal fire at the Bonnyville Hotel in 2010 has resulted in a Alberta judge recommending portable space heaters be banned from all hotels and motels in the province.