Bonnyville News

Local MP Brian Storseth, who represents the Westlock - St.

High levels of arsenic continue to be found in raw well water across the Beaver River Basin, according to a recent report released by Alberta Health.

After 15 years of hard work, countless volunteer hours, and hundreds of thousands of dollars raised, the Haying in the 30's Cancer Support Society is showing no signs of slowing down with its efforts to help people battling cancer.

The case of Deborah Doonanco was back in provincial court in Bonnyville last week, as Judge Williams set a preliminary hearing date for early next year.

With nominations for the first-ever Lakeland Business of the Year awards now well underway, event organizers are starting to look forward to what they're hoping will be the best celebration yet.

Although the official census results only showed a one per cent growth in Bonnyville since 2012, Mayor Gene Sobolewski says the actual growth was around ten per cent.

Earlier this year, at a hunting meeting held in Bonnyville, area hunters in attendance spoke of an increase in cougar sightings in the eastern half of Alberta, away from the Rocky Mountains.

Amazing, fun loving, caring and wonderful are all words friends and family used to describe 11-year-old Brodie Landry. “He was a pleasant little boy,” said grandmother Doris Landry. “He was fun loving and always a good brother.

A “disturbing” trend has been happening over the past few years, as local emergency services are finding themselves busier and busier responding to motor vehicle collisions.

An 11-year-old boy from Bonnyville has died after suffering severe injuries in a fatal collision between a motorcycle and minivan on July 22. The driver of the motorcycle was also killed in the collision.