Bonnyville News

The Save Our Medevac Society (SOS) stepped up its lobby Monday to pressure the provincial government to delay its planned rerouting of fixed-wing medevac aircraft from Edmonton's City Centre Airport to the International Airport as of March 15.

The Chatwin Lake waste transfer site is now temporarily closed after the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) denied the MD of Bonnyville's development permit for the site, following an appeal that was heard on Feb.

Hundreds of local residents were treated to a glitzy night on Broadway Feb. 16, as the Bonnyville Health Centre staged its 16th annual Hospital Gala at the Centennial Centre's field house. The event raised some $240,000 which Dr.

With water and how it is managed on the minds of many Albertans, the provincial government has stepped forward, scheduling “facilitated water conversations” in 20 communities from across the province, taking place over the next month and a half.

Bonnyville Town Council heard from two companies looking to establish work camps in the town during last Tuesday's council meeting.

With less than a month to go before medevac planes from northern Alberta stop flying into Edmonton's City Centre Airport and are rerouted to the International Airport outside of the city, the debate continues as to the impact on emergency services.

Beginning in March, emergency patients being transferred by fixed-wing air ambulance from northern Alberta to Edmonton will be rerouted to the International Airport instead of landing at Edmonton's City Centre Airport.

The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) has set a Feb. 15 deadline for residents to register as participants in a public hearing regarding ATCO's proposal to build a 240-kilovolt transmission line between Bonnyville and Bourque Lake.

Notre Dame High School has been putting the grant money it receives to good use, expanding its Career and Technologies Studies to now include the new Media, Design and Communication Arts program, which gives students the opportunity to learn about an

MD of Bonnyville residents will have the opportunity for some face to face time with their local councillors as the MD council kicks off a series of town hall meetings throughout the MD over the next couple of months.