Bonnyville News

The Town of Bonnyville stepped up in a big way for the local business community last week when council agreed to provide $5,000 to the regional Chronic Labour Shortage Committee to help the organization fund a “vital” research project.

Canadian country music band Emerson Drive will be taking over the Cold Lake Energy Center on March 14 as part of the band's “Tilt-A-Whirl” tour. The show will be sort of a homecoming for lead singer Brad Mates, who grew up in Grande Prairie.

We are just five days away from the biggest celebration Bonnyville has ever seen. Unfortunately, we're not yet talking about a Jr.

Officials with Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) say they are quite familiar with the province-wide school bus driver shortage, as they are struggling to consistently find drivers themselves.

The Bonnyville Regional Health Centre is on the verge of being able to offer primary health care to everyone in the community, after successfully recruiting six new doctors.

With the nomination date to determine the next PC representative for the Bonnyville - Cold Lake constituency looming ever closer, one municipal politician is upset that one of the region's three urban centres is being "forgotten and ignored" in the c

With the vote to decide the Lakeland's next PC candidate now less than two weeks away, a former member of the local party's nominating committee has branded this year's voting system "grossly unfair and unjust.

Residents around Moose Lake have nothing to worry about according to Bradley Peter of the Alberta Lake Management Society (ALMS), who says the water quality of the local lake is fine.

Alberta Finance Minister Robin Campbell reassured Lakeland residents that the redevelopment of Highway 28 and the construction of the regional waterline remained “top priorities” for the provincial government when he made a stop in Cold Lake on Feb.

Having lived in the same home for several decades, Bonnyville Town Council agreed it was time for the municipality to “move on” last week, giving local administration directive to kick-start a full-scale relocation project.