Local News

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.

Teachers across Alberta will be deciding whether to go on strike after rejecting the mediator’s recommendations for the next provincial collective agreement.

Reception centre is open to provide assistance between 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

ST. PAUL - The Town of St. Paul has been able to dramatically reduce its Workplace Compensation Board premiums by making safety a priority.

Elizabeth Mathiot, 53, was told she’d need chemotherapy for the rest of her life. Cancer had reached her lungs and brain - but not her spirit. A bull riding event fundraiser will be held on May 10 in Mallaig for Elizabeth.

While transport truck drivers and heavy equipment operators account for a combined 24 per cent of all workplace fatalities in Alberta, nursing is the occupation with the highest number of injuries.

St. Kateri, also called Lily of the Mohawks, is the first Native American saint canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.