Bonnyville News

The impact of a string of mailbox thefts in the Town of Bonnyville could have a greater effect for residents whose boxes were targeted culprit(s) overnight Dec. 15 and Dec. 20.

Despite a winter storm, community members in Bonnyville showed up to deliver Knights of Columbus Christmas food hampers and bags of wrapped toys collected through the Santa's Elves Program.

New life saving equipment has been added to Bonnyville Ambulance inventory thanks to purchases made by the Summer Village of Bonnyville Beach council. A total of five state-of-the-art devices will assist Bonnyville paramedics when treating patients in cardiac arrest, says the Bonnyville Regional Deputy Fire Chief.

Volunteers arrived early Christmas Day at the Bonnyville Friendship Centre to prepare a hot holiday meal for community members in need. The hot meal was the first ever to be served up on Christmas Day at the centre, made possible by the support of a local company.

Significant changes to the MD of Bonnyville’s Snow Plowing Policy were approved by council on Dec. 14, with the intention to reduce the overall operational costs and provide clear guidelines on what will remain covered by the municipal program.

Local dancers from the United Youth Ballet Company performed 'The Nutcracker’ in front of Lakeland audiences at Llodyminster’s Vic Juba Community Theatre on Dec. 18.

A new four-person chairlift is up and running at Kinosoo Ridge Resort’s ski hill this season, replacing the 40-year-old green chairlift. The upgrade came with a price tag of just over $4.2 million.

A review of the MD of Bonnyville’s no road ban pilot project was deemed a success by the municipality's transportation department. Council discussions suggest heavy haulers in agriculture industries will likely lose their exemption from municipal Road Use Agreements when a permanent policy is introduced next year.

A slight miscommunication may have left some thinking that the Beautification Loan Program for local businesses has been shelved, but Community Futures Lakeland’s general manager says the program is ongoing and is hoping to continue the program indefinitely.

In January, a public hearing will allow residents and ratepayers to weigh-in on the first draft of an MD bylaw that would allow for the majority of municipal public notifications to be advertised exclusively online. In anticipation that this bylaw would pass, $100,000 has already been cut from the MD’s 2023 print media budget.