City council passed a short-term borrowing bylaw up to $10 million on Tuesday to manage a potential cash crunch during the COVID-19 pandemic and other lingering financial issues. City administration brought the bylaw to council for consideration after determining that cashing in some of the city’s $36 million in investments …

The province’s decision this week to put a fire ban in the Forest Protection Area and an off-highway vehicle ban on Crown lands does affect the upper region of the M.D. of Bonnyville. However, there is no fire ban in the M.D. besides this provincial order. Reeve Greg Sawchuk said …

Bonnyville’s Director of Emergency Management Jay Melvin has raised concerns with the province on issues around COVID-19 testing and handling more tests. Melvin was asked during a press conference on Wednesday whether there will be greater demand for testing equipment locally with the opportunity now for anyone with potential COVID-19 …

Bonnyville residents will be restricted from using soccer fields, baseball diamonds, and other outdoor recreation spaces until at least the end of May. Town council wanted to discourage gatherings of 15 or more at these facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and felt this decision that followed in line with the …

There is no update on COVID-19 cases in the Lakeland on Wednesday as the province has experienced technical difficulties with their data. On Tuesday, a case of novel coronavirus was resolved in the Bonnyville area, which means there are two active cases. There has not been a new confirmed case …

There is a shortage of personal protective equipment, N95 masks, ventilators, respirators, acute care beds, ICU beds, medical gloves, gowns, hand sanitizer, and toilet paper. There is a shortage of money too: laid-off workers, businesses of all sizes going belly-up, others kicking the can of rent, utility, and mortgage bills …

Another person with COVID-19 in Bonnyville has had their symptoms resolved, provincial data shows on Tuesday. There are now two confirmed active cases of novel coronavirus in the Bonnyville area and seven have occurred total. The Cold Lake area has seen three cases, which have recovered. One hundred twenty-eight of …

Bonnyville authorities may be rolling up to your house with their sirens on, but don’t be alarmed, it’s for a cheerful reason. Mounties are looking to spread some birthday joy during the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage parents with children who have a birthday coming up to let them know, so …

An aerial picture of the Moose Lake wildfire in 2019: M.D. of Bonnyville.  The province is looking to lessen the impact forest fires could have in Alberta this spring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alberta Wildfire is hiring 200 additional firefighters and put in place a fire ban in all provincial …

Brinson Pascihnuk. Image credit: Arizona State University Sun Devils.  It’s been a whirlwind of a year for Brinson Pasichnuk. Captain of the ASU Sun Devils, nominee for the Hobey Baker Award in his senior season, and now a member of the San Jose Sharks, turning a dream into reality for …