Bonnyville News

A weekend filled with cultural performances by groups from all over the Lakeland wowed audiences.

Farmers across the country may soon have to find an alternative method of ridding their fields of pesky gophers.

After 44 years of serving the community, the Bonnyville Community Learning Council (BCLC) is exploring their options, following the province’s decision to deny them funding through Alberta Advanced Education’s Community Adult Learning Fund.

The student charged with bringing a gun to Bonnyville Centralized High School (BCHS) still awaits sentencing after adourning his matters at a recent court appearance. On Thursday, Sept.

People rode their bikes, ran, and walked for the Cold Lake Food Bank. The city’s third annual Ride for Refuge had another successful event on Saturday, Sept. 29.

Bonnyville RCMP will be taking part in an annual awareness campaign over the Thanksgiving weekend. Operation Impact promotes safe driving behaviours, targeting drivers who are driving while distracted, impaired, or unsafely.

Three kids under the age of 12 were determined to be responsible for damage caused to a local apartment. According to Sgt. Sarah Parke, acting detachment commander for the Bonnyville RCMP, the youth broke into a vacant apartment just before 11 a.m.

A man recently arrested by local police in relation to a drug trafficking investigation has been granted release from the Edmonton Remand Centre. On Sept.

“Scott would be so pleased of what they do in his memory.” Susan MacDonald said if her son could see the way the community comes together for cancer research, he would be honoured.

A 17-year-old youth has been charged with assault following an incident at Kehewin School. On Friday, Sept. 21, at around 2 p.m., Bonnyville RCMP were called to a school in Kehewin regarding the assault of a youth.