Bonnyville News

After clinching an award at the Lakeland Business of the Year Awards, Jennie's Diner and Bakery is once again in the limelight, having been named a finalist in the 2016 Alberta Business Awards of Distinction.

Bonnyville's own Joe Remesz, an octogenarian broadcaster turned author, returned to his hometown to sign copies of his novels and greet friends he hasn't seen in over six decades.

After months of severe drought-like conditions the MD of Bonnyville declared a state of agricultural disaster on Aug. 11, 2015 “For the hay and livestock operations it is a disaster,” said Reeve Ed Rondeau during a council meeting on Aug. 11.

The Bonnyville Covenant Health Centre is on the verge of being able to offer primary health care to everyone in the community after the local doctor recruitment committee successfully recruited six new doctors. Dr. Leigh-Ann Smith and Dr.

After years of appeals to the World Trade Organization (WTO) the Canadian agriculture industry was finally able to get the mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) rules repealed.

The oil and gas sector took a major hit in 2015 and, while people kept waiting for it to rebound, it was never able to climb back up.

Two local women who were suspects in the theft from the Real Canadian Wholesale Club are now in custody after landing themselves in a pursuit with Cold Lake RCMP.

The Bonnyville Centralized High School's Santa's Elves were busy last week wrapping approximately 2,000 gifts they had collected and bought over the past few months.

A 35-year-old man was sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to being in possession of forged documents following a break and enter at a Bonnyville residence. Bonnyville RCMP arrested Zachary Jonathon Wierzba on Dec.

Plummeting sales continue to plague Bonnyville businesses, even with Christmas around the corner, as the steady stream of holiday shoppers has been drastically reduced by a slower economy.