Cold Lake News

With temperatures expected to reach nearly 30 degrees, Air Show attendees are encouraged to bring sunscreen, earplugs and refillable water containers but are asked to leave large beach umbrellas and pop-up tents at home.

Alberta Health Services has announced that an overnight emergency department closure will take place tonight (July 14), affecting Cold Lake Healthcare Centre’s operations. This is the third overnight emergency department closure to take place this week.

St. Paul and Bonnyville included in visual tour to showscase arrival

Police are asking for the public's help in locating Madison Katrina Payne. The 23-year-old Cold Lake woman was last seen in Cold Lake on July 3. Police believe Payne may be in the Edmonton area.

Glen Edward Bringleson who was charged in 2019 with sexually assaulting a car dealership employee in Cold Lake has been convicted of that crime. The case, which has been before the courts for more than two years, was extended further when the accused failed to attend his trial date in March.

Cold Lake hospital’s Emergency Department will be temporarily closed overnight Tuesday, July 12, beginning at 11 p.m. until Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. The emergency department was also closed overnight Monday.

An incident that occurred during and following a football match between the Cold Lake Fighter Jets and the Airdrie Irish on June 18 remains under investigation by the Alberta Football League. Reports of the incident vary, with all three organizations remaining quiet about exactly what transpired on the game day.

Cold Lake RCMP are asking anyone with information in relation to a fire that occurred at the Lakeland Lutheran Church in the morning of July 2, to report it to the RCMP detachment.

Cold Lake RCMP are asking for public assistance to locate Shayd Hayward of Cold Lake. The 23-year-old was reported missing on July 4.

The Cold Lake Healthcare Centre’s emergency department will be temporarily closed from 11 p.m. on July 1 until 7 a.m. on July 2.