Beyond Local

Construction on a new 61-room senior citizens lodge in Cold Lake is expected to start in early 2016, after a company's bid for the project was selected last week.

One local hockey player has been selected to represent the region at the upcoming 2016 Alberta Winter Games.

A ritual not done in decades in the Lakeland has been reborn, marking an important chapter in the history of the Freemasons youth organization Job's Daughters.

A 19-year-old Cold Lake man is in custody in connection with the latest vandalism of the Cold Lake mosque.

A new trades lab at Cold Lake Middle School is giving local students a hands-on opportunity to learn about construction and other skilled trades.

For 25 years, the Northern Lights Lions Club of Cold Lake has been playing Santa for hundreds of children throughout the area. This year is no exception. The 25th annual Santas Anonymous will be commencing on Dec. 8 at 11 a.m.

The City of Cold Lake has wrapped up their 2016 budget deliberations on the “biggest budget the city has ever worked with” coming in at a total of $87.6 million.

Three and four-year old children in Cold Lake are benefitting from a new agreement between St. Dominic Elementary School and Happy House Daycare.

A mediator has been called in to assist negotiations between Points West Living and its employees. The decision to seek assistance comes in the midst of contract negotiations between the employer and staff.

Cold Lake RCMP met with a representative from the Cold Lake mosque to reassure local Muslims against potential backlash after a spike in Islamophobic incidents around the country following the Paris attacks.