Bonnyville News

Two Bonnyville students have developed a solution for the blue-green algae that covers Moose Lake summer after summer.

As the Canadian government pushes for the legalization and regulation of cannabis by July 2018, those wishing to use it are rejoicing while local officials are focusing on the unknowns.

They live among us; every day we run into them on the street and at the stores without even knowing. They're volunteers.

One hundred years after the battle of Vimy Ridge, William McGregor, Second World War veteran from Bonnyville, stood on the very soil Canadian soldiers once battled for.

Bonnyville will be well represented at the 2017 Alberta Challenge. Local hockey player Ali Macaulay has secured her spot on the North Yellow roster and will be heading to Olds for the four-day tournament.

Before there were towns, cities, and provinces and territories, there was a land that was home to Cree, Métis and Dené people. The natives who lived here had a unique culture, language and way of life, living off the land they survived.

At just 14-years-old, Bonnyville's Alese Sartain is already making a name for herself as an athlete. Earlier this month, Sartain was recognized as one of the top in the province among 14 to 26-year-olds at this year's RBC Training Ground.

Commuters may want to plan ahead before setting off for work or play this summer, after a number of highways within the MD of Bonnyville have been included on a province-wide list of upgrades.

Bonnyville parents in the Lakeland Catholic School District (LCSD) are breathing a sigh of relief, after the board of trustees decided to keep grade configurations the same.

Reid Skrypichayko beat the odds, and was selected out of 150 football players to play for the north team in the Alberta Senior Bowl. Skrypichayko went up against some of Alberta's best during the three-day Senior Bowl north camp.