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Awareness overload

Awareness overload

Throughout the year we are constantly hammered with awareness initiatives. Countless diseases, issues and objects are shoved in our faces day after day with the general, “Do you know about this? Well, today you must recognize it.
Keep life in Bonnyville healthy and fun

Keep life in Bonnyville healthy and fun

Bonnyville is not just a designated stop to eat and sleep in while working next to it. People need to live and have fun during their time here, whether it's a month or 20 years.
Don't be fooled

Don't be fooled

We're dealing with an epidemic of fake news in social media, and I for one am sick of it. Falsified news reports are plaguing Facebook feeds.
Spring has sprung, soon

Spring has sprung, soon

The temperature outside might not exactly say ‘spring is here!' But according to the orbit and tilt of the Earth and the resulting spring equinox, the season before summer has surely arrived and unless we're in for a huge surprise, the snow will soon
Give history a helping hand, Bonnyville

Give history a helping hand, Bonnyville

With all the talk this past week throughout the province quite rightly focusing on the not-so-shocking departure of the now former premier Alison Redford, I'm going to provide you all with a brief respite from the provincial political scene to talk a
Kudos to our local hospital

Kudos to our local hospital

Recently, I was hospitalized at a women's hospital in Edmonton where I received excellent nursing care. Upon my return to Bonnyville, I was once again hospitalized at the Bonnyville Health Centre. I can't thank you enough, Dr.
Province needs infrastructure upgrades now, not in three years

Province needs infrastructure upgrades now, not in three years

Over the past few weeks and months, government officials have been talking up the 2014 Alberta budget and promoting Premier Alison Redford's "Building Alberta Plan" as "borrowing today to build for tomorrow.
Energy regulator stands up for the people

Energy regulator stands up for the people

It is certainly refreshing to have an energy regulator be transparent and stand up for the people it is meant to represent.
A season of garbage

A season of garbage

It’s that time of year again, the snow is melting and the sun is shining a bit brighter, warming up the ground, melting the snow, and uncovering the mess that is always buried within the different layers of each snowstorm that’s passed in the last fi
Planes don't just disappear

Planes don't just disappear

Good morning and/or good afternoon Bonnyville! It's been a rough and wild couple of weeks for a lot of people in this region following the truly eye opening scenes in Europe, and while those issues obviously remain high on everybody's radar, I'm goin
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