Bonnyville News

Roads, recreation and a raise – those are the three things local residents and business owners will remember from the Town of Bonnyville's most recent budget after the municipality firmed up its 2015 numbers last week.

School boards across the province are not ready to raise a white flag just yet, but have instead decided to continue to fight a budget that they say will hurt students in the province.

“In Bonnyville you always hear a little bit of French here and there.” Those are the words of Real Girard, a longtime staple of the local Francophone community.

The MD of Bonnyville will no longer be represented as a whole in the eyes of the federal government.

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.