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‘The amount of support we received was incredible,’ says Bonnyville and District SPCA. 

In the last week, Bonnyville RCMP have laid charges regarding an assault involving bear spray and have put out a warrant for a 17-year-old suspected of stealing a substantial amount of alcohol from a local liquor store.

RCMP look for repeat incidents on 99 Avenue

A kindergarten-aged child who had reportedly been left on a school bus the morning of Jan. 18 was found wandering along Highway 881. RCMP say they are investigating the incident.

A new partnership between the province’s leading medical school and First Nation communities in and around the Lakeland region will see increased medical opportunities in rural Alberta.

In February of 2021, the St. Paul Fire Department responded to a structure fire where conditions proved to be especially extreme. Some of the responding firefighters were presented with special challenge coins, in honour of their actions that night.

A delegation from Algae Control Canada asked for a letter of support from the MD of Bonnyville's council to carry out an Aluminum Sulfate (Alum) targeted treatment – a Canadian first - to manage the chronic toxic blue-green algae blooms on Moose Lake.

Schools across the Lakeland will 'pause' team sports and tournaments as COVID cases climb

The MD of Bonnyville’s council is moving toward an honorarium “salary” pay structure for elected officials, which would replace the current base-pay plus meeting-pay model where council members track service to the municipality.