Bonnyville News

The MD of Bonnyville approved their interim 2019 operating budget at their regular council meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 12. The interim balanced budget is $49-million. Administration based the numbers presented on the year-to-date figures from 2018.

It was about teaching young girls that they can do anything, including coding. Cold Lake students took part in the annual Hackergal Hackathon on Wednesday, Dec. 12, as part of a nation-wide competition.

The Town of Bonnyville has approved their 2019 interim operating and capital budgets. On Tuesday, Dec.

Residents of the City of Cold Lake could see an increase in their taxes come the new year.

An intoxicated male was reported as being a nuisance at a downtown restaurant. On Dec. 4, Bonnyville RCMP responded to a complaint of a male drinking ketchup at a local fast food establishment on main street.

The Cold Lake Food Bank have been hard at work fundraising in preparation for the holiday season, and have had some positive results so far. Phil Crump, director for the food bank, noted it’s the time of year when people give the most.

The Lakeland Humane Society (LHS) is hoping someone will want to give a furry friend a home for the holidays. Every year at Christmastime, the LHS reaches out to the public asking for foster homes for a brief period.

More learning opportunities are being made available for Lakeland Catholic School District (LCSD) students. With financial support from Imperial Oil and Alberta Education, LCSD is offering three new courses through their dual-credit programming.

It was a whole new world of science for local students. Last week, Telus World of Science made a stop at Lakeland schools to teach youth about what happens when liquid nitrogen is introduced to items such as an animal balloon and a banana.

The City of Cold Lake was in the dark about the federal government’s plans to move the Aerospace Engineering Testing Establishment (AETE) from 4 Wing Cold Lake to possibly Ottawa or Montreal.