Bonnyville News

The City of Cold Lake council is speaking out after comments made by MLA for Fort McMurray - Wood Buffalo Guy Boutilier suggested the province should force Cold Lake to amalgamate with the MD of Bonnyville to alleviate Cold Lake's financial issues.

The Land Use Framework, the Land Stewardship Act, and property rights were hot topics at the first all-candidate Progressive Conservative leadership forum on July 21 in Vermilion.

The Progressive Conservative (PC) Association of Alberta hosted the first of eight all-candidate forums as part of the 2011 PC leadership race in Vermilion, Alberta, on July 21.

MP for Westlock – St. Paul Brian Storseth announced last week he is pushing the government to reintroduce Bill C-60, the citizen's arrest and self-defence act, and has started a petition for constituents to sign in support of the bill.

A date has been set for the judicial review of the Alberta government's proposed re-development of the campground at English Bay, a provincial recreation area on the west side of Cold Lake.

Local residents had a chance to sample the hospitality of Ardmore on Saturday night as the hamlet held its third dance of the summer to raise money to renovate Ardmore Community Hall.

Lightning struck and knocked a powerline to the ground, affecting 1,500 local residences and businesses after a storm ripped through town Friday.

In an attempt to shed further light on the oilsands operations at Foster Creek on the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR), Cenovus took a group of local media on a tour of the site on July 5.

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is fighting back against proposed federal legislation that would put an end to the era of single-desk policy that gives the CWB a monopoly, requiring producers of wheat and barley to market their product solely through

After a $15,000 donation from Enbridge Pipelines Inc. from its safe community program, the Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority (BRFA) is even closer to its goal of building a live burn fire training facility.