Bonnyville News

The Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority has declared a fire ban for the MD of Bonnyville as of 10 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Town council has moved to raise taxes by three per cent. The decision was made by a 4-2 vote (Coun. Gene Sobolewski was not in attendance) and will create a "balanced budget" according to Mayor Ernie Isley.

A wildfire, located around 15 kilometres northwest of Bonnyville, started at approximately 6 p.m. Sunday evening, according to Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD).

The Bonnyville RCMP detachment held its official grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony last week, with a number of RCMP and government dignitaries in attendance. Town Coun. John Irwin MC'd the ceremony, which took place at 10 a.m.

H. E. Bourgoin (HEB) students have been exercising their democratic rights for the past few weeks, participating in Student Vote, following the provincial election closely and even writing news articles about the election's outcome.

Local reaction following last week's election run the gamut from disappointment to relief to a willingness to work with whatever government is in power no matter which party they come from.

Nine-year-old Brayden Whyte is like so many other boys his age. His smiling face and positive, loving personality help raise the spirits of fellow students and teachers at Cold Lake Elementary School (CLES).

After discovering the current Bonnyville Royal Canadian Legion building was irreparable, the Legion committee decided to buy the St. James Anglican Church, located at 5111-52 St. to use as their new facility.

Vicky Lefebvre, Cold Lake trustee for the Lakeland Catholic School District (LCSD), told her fellow board members last week that when she left the meeting with the transportation committee from the Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) on March 5, s

For the sixth straight year, Tellier's farm played host to La Cabane à Sucre du Nord, or Northern Sugar Shack, a popular local festival celebrating many French-Canadian traditions.