Bonnyville News

The Bonnyville Curling Club, the SPCA and the Jr. A Pontiacs requested financial support from the Town of Bonnyville during Tuesday’s council meeting.

On a gloomy afternoon a crowd formed to watch the unveiling of a monument dedicated to every student that was forced to attend one of Canada’s 139 Indian Residential Schools.

The hockey career for Kash Rasmussen got a little brighter as the 20-year-old announced his commitment to the CCHA Michigan Tech Huskies.

From Sept. 24 to Oct. 3, the RCMP were dispatched to over 200 calls. Of those calls, one involved an assault with a weapon and another a break and enter in progress. 

From rock gardens to lowering the school’s flags, students and staff at H.E. Bourgoin Middle School honour survivors and those lost to residential schools.

On the last day of September, events to celebrate Orange Shirt Day have been planned by the local Grassroots Movement Committee.

After operating as a non-profit fundraising organization, the Bonnyville Stampede Bingo Hall has closed its doors for good. 

To address bus and contractor shortages in the Lakeland, NLPS will spend up to $130,000 to purchases four school buses for the district.

In five hours, Grades 9 to 12 students collected two busloads of food donations and $2,900 in cash during their Hungry for the Homeless campaign for the Bonnyville Friendship Centre.

After a tough loss against the Whitecourt Wolverines on Friday night, the Pontiacs were able to turn the tables on Saturday at the R.J. Lalonde Arena.