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Canada's blood inventory at six-year low

Canada's blood inventory at six-year low

Canada's blood inventory has hit a critically low level. Canadian Blood Services is encouraging all eligible donors to make a blood donation as soon as possible to help increase the country's low inventory.

Proposed bylaw amendment would allow industrial use on agricultural land

A series of proposed bylaw amendments could open the door for industrial development to take place on agricultural land in the MD of Bonnyville.
Oil sands development has Lakeland region booming

Oil sands development has Lakeland region booming

It seems like everywhere you go in the Lakeland the roads are packed with oil trucks, tankers and other vehicles on there way to or from the region's many oilsands sites.

RCMP say break-ins are preventable

Over the past few weeks, local RCMP has noticed a “significant increase” in the number of break-ins and attempted break-ins in Bonnyville and they are encouraging local businesses and residents to do “everything they can” to try and assist in allevia
CNRL to start low pressure steaming

CNRL to start low pressure steaming

Operations at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd's (CNRL) Primrose East site have been permitted to resume after the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) approved a lower pressure steaming method.

Town upholds Halloween curfew

Halloween festivities in the Town of Bonnyville will once again be wrapped up by 7 p.m. this year after town council voted to keep its long-running curfew on unaccompanied trick-or-treaters in place.
Local residents unhappy with "ridiculous" Halloween curfew

Local residents unhappy with "ridiculous" Halloween curfew

Several local residents have been expressing their concerns over the past couple of weeks regarding what they see as a “strict” and “ridiculous” curfew the Town of Bonnyville has once again placed on young trick or treaters for Halloween.
Break and enters at local businesses

Break and enters at local businesses

Over $10,000 in damage and “thousands of dollars worth of tools were stolen from Nelson Lumber early Monday morning, according to an RCMP press release. RCMP received a call at 7:25 a.m. on Sept.

RCMP find and return 89-year-old's stolen bicycle

A local 89-year-old woman is thrilled after police successfully recovered and repaired her new bicycle that had been stolen from the front of the 7-Eleven earlier this month. Agnes Sawchuck had been biking around Bonnyville on Sept.

AER finds 'nothing out of the ordinary' in Crane Lake

After receiving complaints from a local resident last month that a major oilfield player had “recklessly contaminated” a spring that feeds Crane Lake, the Alberta Energy Regulator announced late last week that water samples taken from the lake found
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