Opinion

In the classic Christmas film Home Alone, Kevin McCallister is inadvertently abandoned by his entire family as they forget bring him on their Paris vacation.

As of 2022, the severity of violent crime in Canada has reached its highest point since 2007, and murders have reached their highest rate in 30 years. 

It can be hard to keep secrets in a small town, but I think it is safe to say that the cat is out of the bag now. Indeed, I have been growing rounder, and at a quickening pace. As I write this, I have transitioned into my maternity leave.

Humbling and wonderful. I am Canadian.

Kieran Fong, a recent journalism graduate from MacEwan University, is the newest Bonnyville Nouvelle reporter.

It's municipal budget time - do you know where your money is?

Winter is the season that is universally loathed amongst Canadians, yet is as much of a part of our national identify as the Mounties, maple syrup, hockey, and Wayne Gretzky.

Is it just me, or is modern Western society saturated in 24-hour entertainment, a lot of which is mindless and serves no genuine or educational purpose? To many, this may appear as a rhetorical question, while to others, endless entertainment is some