Bonnyville News

The cost of a barrel of oil was slashed in half in the fall of 2014 resulting in Alberta's natural resource sector shedding 20,000 jobs and crippling the provincial economy.

It's official - come September, Portage College will no longer be providing programming at its Bonnyville campus.

A milder winter for north eastern Albertans has been a blessing for some infrastructure aspects in the area, but spelled trouble for others.

With the entire province enjoying bottomed-out gas prices in recent times following the latest plunge in oil prices, the prices at the pumps have slowly started to creep back up again. But experts are saying don't expect that trend to stick.

Integra Air officially took to the skies last week sending its first commercial flights to and from the Bonnyville Regional Airport. Monday April 13 marked the first commercial flight into Bonnyville with a small Jetstream aircraft landing at 8 a.m.

It's that time of year again, for brave locals to step up and put their names in to compete in a competition that will challenge them mentally and physically all while they struggle to survive in the wilderness.

Years of advocating and complaining from local politicians have finally paid off as the provincial government has announced plans to improve Highway 28.

A record number of green thumbs gathered this weekend to celebrate the Bonnyville Agricultural Society's 15th annual Gardener's Day. “The Ag Society started I would say 45 years ago and this is an event that they started up from scratch.

Once again the MD of Bonnyville's budget is all about roads. Council approved a balanced 2015 budget of $109.9 million at their regular meeting on April 7 with $49.3 million allotted for road maintenance and improvements.