Bonnyville News

Imagine getting the chance to flip on a mask and try out welding, strap on gear and frame a roof, then save a dummy with CPR all in a matter of minutes.

Over 120 people packed into the Bonnyville Senior's Drop-in centre last Thursday for LICA's 2015 annual general meeting, which highlighted the successes from the organization's past year.

For the first time in almost a decade, it appears that Canada is back in the black.

When you've been in a world-renowned band for over two decades, it's hard to find a city that you haven't played in. But for the Counting Crows, their trip to Cold Lake will be a first for the band that has sold over 20 million albums worldwide.

The streak has been ended at seven.

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.