Bonnyville News

Board members received the financial statement for the Bonnyville and District Leisure Corporation at its annual general meeting on July 19. The financial statement showed a significantly lower operating deficit from 2008.

An exciting four-day WPCA Dodge Pro Tour competition wrapped up on Sunday with the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship.

A six-person team from the Bonnyville Fire Department came in second in the unlimited pit competition at the Alberta Regional Fire Extrication Challenge held in the parking lot of the Energy Centre in Cold Lake on July 17.

There's less than a week to go before Bif Naked invades the Centennial Centre in Bonnyville and the anticipation is building. She will be in living colour at the C2 on Friday July 23, playing a special acoustic performance.

Wet weather has brought relief to farmers after two years of drought. Local farmers say while the rain has resulted in minor flooding, the amount of rain is helping crops and pastures flourish.

After the official closure of R.A. Reynolds School at 4 Wing in June, plans to establish a private school on the base are moving full-speed ahead. The school will be renamed to the Art Smith Aviation Academy.

Town and MD officials broke ground at the site of the new Bonnyville RCMP building on Friday, turning the first shovel of sod in the next 15 months of construction till the project's completion. "We're really excited about it.

Just three months ago, Bonnyville had two movie rental stores competing for business.

MD of Bonnyville council gave first readings to nine bylaws at its meeting on Wednesday. Council passed first reading for Bylaw LU 485 to rezone the Estates of Long Bay from Agriculture ‘A' to Country Residential.

Cenovus Energy recently implemented a 10-year business plan, which it thinks will help recruit and retain workers at its operations in northeast Alberta. Spokesperson Rhona DelFrari says the company is primarily expanding its oilsands operations.