Local News

Bonnyville EMS is settling into their new location west of Bonnyville after moving from their old home near the hospital to the new North Star building in April.

After being called out to two fires near Highway 881, north of St. Paul on Tuesday, fire crews were once again called out to a fire at one of the same locations on Wednesday morning.

Emily Russell has been a paramedic in Bonnyville for two months now, and says she prefers the emergent calls to the facility transfers – even when those emergent calls can surprise responding emergency workers.

St. Paul firefighters were called out to a vehicle fire in the early morning hours of May 20 in the County of St. Paul, and about half an hour later received a report of a structure fire in the same area.

The Lakeland Métis Nation Association has been awarded $600,000 for cancer screening awareness programs through the provincial Cancer Research in Screening Prevention Program.  

City of Cold Lake Mayor Craig Copeland sent a letter to the Town of Bonnyville, inviting council to participate in a discussion around the challenges of rural busing.

Vehicles, ATVs, tools, and a loaded rifle were seized by Smoky Lake RCMP on May 14 after a bait trap was triggered.

Going for a stroll in the forest is a great way to clear one's head and relax.

During the County of St. Paul council meeting on May 13, a delegation from the St. Paul Municipal Library and the Friends of the Library requested council reverse its decision to cut $30,000 from library services.