Local News

COLD LAKE – MLA Scott Cyr will be meeting with the board of the Cold Lake Ag Society after thieves stole $50,000 of equipment and caused damage to the building in multiple incidents.

A Two Hills man is facing sexual interference charges in a case which began when two youths from the Two Hills area who were reported missing on May 6, were found in Leduc with an adult male, according to an RCMP media release.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is advising it has been notified of a person with confirmed measles in the North Zone who has been in a public setting in St. Paul while infectious.

The Plamondon Mustangs U18 girls' softball team handed the Lac La Biche Dodgers a 18-16 defeat during a meeting between the two teams on May 7 at the Bold Centre ball diamonds in Lac La Biche.

After growing up in St. Paul, Cst. Ashley JD van Leeuwen has been living a life dedicated to helping others. Now working with the RCMP, he recently received the highest award for bravery - the Medal of Valour.

Village of Boyle residents and Athabasca County residents on Township Road 642 and Range Road 195 have been given the green light to return home this morning, May 8, after they were asked to evacuate their homes when fire threatened their community.

Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority (BRFA) is reporting this morning that a brush fire on Highway 660 and Range Road 465 has been downgraded to being under control.

May 5 was National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People, also known as Red Dress Day.

In an effort to reduce the number of human-caused wildfires, the Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority (BRFA) had enacted a fire ban for the MD of Bonnyville, Summer Village of Bonnyville Beach, Summer Village of Pelican Narrows and Village of Glendon.