Beyond Local

The residents of the City of Cold Lake will be paying a little bit extra in municipal taxes this year. On Wednesday, Dec.

North Star Elementary School is helping students engage in learning in a different way, while improving their quality of life. The Mindfulness Program is a unique initiative at the local Kindergarten to Grade 4 school.

Residents have been taking advantage of free transit within the City of Cold Lake, and the provincial and federal governments are starting to take notice. On Dec.

Early Friday morning the voices of Points West Living Cold Lake healthcare aid staff could be heard loud and clear as they braved 31-below temperatures. Healthcare aid workers were locked out as of 8:45 a.m.

It's not often Dallas Ansell is recognized for his work as a volunteer, and he is perfectly fine with that. On Dec.

Police were out in full force, locking up donations for the Cold Lake Food Bank through the annual Pack the Patrol Car (PC). On Saturday, Dec.

Cold Lake Victim Services, with support from the RCMP, have kicked off the sixth annual Operation Red Nose program. In their first two weekends (Nov. 25-26 and Dec. 2-3) the local program has already been more successful than in past years.

The Grade 10 students of Assumption school have banded together as the Crusaders for Critters, helping animals in need this holiday season.

It was a night of coming together for a good cause. Each year, the Dr. Margaret Savage Crisis Centre (DMSCC) in Cold Lake, hosts their annual Festival of Peace. On Saturday, Nov.

Imperial Oil's Cold Lake Operations were recognized provincially with the 2016 Friends of Education award. The group was nominated earlier this year by the Lakeland Catholic School District (LCSD) for the work they do to help out local schools.