Cold Lake News

Police are looking for the public’s help to identify a male suspect who allegedly mugged a pedestrian just after 12 p.m. on April 5 in the area of 55 St. and 48 Ave in Cold Lake.

On Wednesday, a division of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT), the Internet Child Exploitation Unit, laid new charges against 34-year-old James Neil Morrison a former Assumption Jr/Sr High School teacher, which involve 10 other student victims.

Cold Lake RCMP are continuing an investigation into the thefts of vehicles from a compound located west of Cold Lake. RCMP are asking the public for any information related to the theft of a customized grey painted 1988 Ford F250 truck.

Student-led name change approved for Cold Lake middle school after months of planning and consultations to select a new name for a Northern Lights Public School (NLPS).

A 44-year-old man from Elizabeth Métis Settlement was the victim of a fatal shooting that took place early Wednesday morning. The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit has now taken over the investigation.

The Cold Lake hospital’s Emergency Department will be closed overnight Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

Overnight this week, National Defence Squadrons from 4 Wing Cold Lake will conduct night flying training over the City of Cold Lake.

Members of the public and photography enthusiasts filled the hall of the Cold Lake Energy Centre to take in both the Best of Alberta Photography exhibit, as well as the soft unveiling of the MMIW RED Series, which features portraits of many local Indigenous community members.

Bonnyville RCMP members stopped a vehicle on Highway 28 that was suspected of being connected to a shooting that occurred in Cold Lake on April 15. A man and a woman from Cold Lake were arrested and charged.

On Wednesday morning, Cold Lake RCMP received a report that a yellow 1969 Pontiac GTO car had been stolen from a locked compound west of the city, off Highway 55. The theft was believed to have occurred between April 19-20.