An RCMP cruiser. Postmedia, file Two people died in the Bonnyville area, approximately 240 km northeast of Edmonton, in two separate vehicle collisions Friday, RCMP said in a news release Monday. A 68-year-old woman from Bonnyville died Friday morning after…
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Alberta heavyweight Tanner ‘The Bulldozer’ Boser ready for UFC debut in Edmonton
Mixed martial arts has taken Tanner “The Bulldozer” Boser around the world. On Saturday, it returns him to his backyard as the Alberta heavyweight makes his UFC debut at UFC 240 in Edmonton. The 27-year-old from Bonnyville, Alta., who now…
Watch: Project Embrace nets $1 million in drugs and cash
A joint police investigation in Alberta and B.C. netted about $1 million in cash, cocaine and meth. Operation Embrace dismantled an Edmonton group importing drugs from B.C. and distributing them in Alberta, particularly in the communities of Bonnyville, Lloydminster, St.…
New wildfire near Bonnyville in northern Alberta brought under control overnight
Between 80 and 100 firefighters were battling a wildfire near the town of Bonnyville in northeastern Alberta on Monday and into Tuesday. The Municipal District of Bonnyville said on its Facebook page that the fire started Monday evening west of…
Two people arrested after police car rammed in Bonnyville
RCMP logo. SMimg Bonnyville RCMP arrested two people after a police vehicle was rammed by a truck last Wednesday. Police responded to calls of a break and enter in the community’s north end after a business owner suffered minor injuries…
RCMP seize drugs, cash and a weapon in Bonnyville
RCMP logo. SMimg Two men were arrested after RCMP seized drugs, a weapon and money in Bonnyville. Bonnyville and Cold Lake RCMP seized the items after they executed a search warrant in the southeast part of the eastern Alberta town…
CNRL says oil curtailment adjustment will keep ECHO pipeline going and save Alberta jobs
Workers in eastern Alberta are breathing a sigh of relief Friday after CNRL said the province easing the oil production cap means it can keep the ECHO pipeline running. “Following the Government of Alberta’s announcement of production limits easing for…
Eastern Alberta communities fear NDP’s oil production cap change will mean job losses
Workers in communities like Bonnyville, Lakeland County, Elk Point and Lloydminster are worried changes to Alberta’s oil curtailment formula will cost as many as 1,000 people their jobs. “Everyone’s in kind of a state of panic,” said Kurt Muller, who…