Beyond Local

Cold Lake Elementary School (CLES) students will have more room to play, after the approval of a $118,000 loan from the Northern Lights Public Schools (NLPS) board.

An ammonia leak at the Cold Lake Energy Centre is under investigation. A contractor working on an expansion to the facility damaged piping containing the chemical.

Mayor of Cold Lake Craig Copeland hopes to be back in office after the upcoming fall election. Copeland, who joined the City of Cold Lake in 2004 as a councillor before becoming mayor in 2007, announced he will be running for a fourth term.

Upgrades to a vital stretch of Highway 28 in Cold Lake are underway. The city will be continuing work to widen lanes and expand the highway starting just south of the Highway 28 and 54 Avenue intersection, and ending just north of 50 Ave.

Students at Portage College Cold Lake are about to get a much-needed boost in bandwidth. In a joint effort with the federal government's Strategic Investment Fund (SIF), the Alberta government announced on Thursday, May 25, that a $21.

After five years of remaining stagnant, the City of Cold Lake municipal tax rate will be increasing by an average of 1.76 per cent. On Tuesday, May 23, Cold Lake city council passed third reading of the tax rate bylaw.

Whether it was planting “magic beans” with Cold Lake Parks and Recreation, or hopping in the driver's seat of the nearest tractor, students from local elementary schools were treated to a behind-the-scenes look at the Cold Lake Public Works team.

The City of Cold Lake has voted in favour of a 1.76 per cent average tax increase. During their regular council meeting on Tuesday, May 23, council voted to increase the municipal tax rate by 1.

The City of Cold Lake has been recruiting doctors for over a decade, but has little to show for it. “At this point, we are still in the same order of magnitude as where we were 10 years ago,” said city CAO Kevin Nagoya.

Hockey fans in Cold Lake are in luck, as they now have another team to cheer on throughout the season.