Bonnyville News

Arizona Chastity Frenchman, who has been charged alongside her brother Frank James Frenchman with the murder of 83-year-old Alfred Wagner, pled guilty to manslaughter. The Bonnyville/Kehewin-area siblings appeared in the St.

Bonnyville EMS members gave residents a glimpse inside their world. On Friday, June 1, in celebration of paramedic services week, the local EMS station opened up their doors.

For Karen Draycott, teaching isn't just a career, it's a calling. From a young age, Draycott has known she was meant to work in education. “I have always wanted to teach.

Affordable child care is coming to 4 Wing Cold Lake. As part of their Early Learning and Child Care pilot program, the Province of Alberta has started offering $25-a-day daycare across the province, and expanding the number of spaces available.

A grey, cloudy sky didn’t stop a rainbow of colours from floating through the air in H.E. Bourgoin Middle School’s first colour run. Participants young and old in the Fantastic Fun Colour Run headed down Jessie Lake Trail on Friday, June 1.

Students at H.E. Bourgoin Middle School are hooked on books. Thanks to the Accelerated Reading (AR) program and Star Assessment, youth at the school are growing their reading abilities and their passion for it as well.

Ensuring their students are well connected to learning tools and resources continues to be a priority for Northern Lights Public Schools (NLPS).

“There’s no doubt about it, it made a pretty large difference.” Ray Prevost remembers Bonnyville before Hwy. 28 become what it is today. He described a long dirt road, that took the better part of a day to travel, if you wanted to go to the city.

The City of Cold Lake will be continuing work on Hwy. 28 this summer. Drivers headed through the city will notice more construction along the highway, from 50 Ave. to 43 Ave., as Cold Lake continues their twinning project, which began in 2016.

Local municipalities will be getting a better idea of where they sit on the risk list after the implementation of two new provincial programs.