Cold Lake News

Multiple stolen vehicles that had been reported stolen from the Cold Lake and Bonnyville areas were recovered on Dec. 21 by area police.

Until further notice, 4 Wing Cold Lake has made the decision to close the base’s ‘back gate’ situated at Kingsway Road. The reason behind the indefinite road closure is due to increasing security needs, according to 4 Wing.

A new City owned medical clinic could be opening in the City of Cold Lake as a council is proposing the creation of a Municipally Controlled Corporation to operate such a facility. Residents and stakeholders will have an opportunity to weigh-in on the proposal at a public hearing scheduled for Jan. 24, 2023.

Between 25,000 to 30,000 construction workers could be needed in northeastern Alberta by the end of the decade, as Canada’s six largest oil sands producers work together under the banner of Pathways Alliance to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in oil sands production by 2050.

Beginning Jan. 1, phased renovations are expected to cause disruptions and the suspension of various community programs at 4 Wing’s Colonel J.J. Parr Sports Centre for roughly six months.

After an appeal and a recount, the winner of the Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul UCP nomination vote is Scott Cyr, who beat current MLA David Hanson by just one vote.

Police discharged a firearm during an incident on Nov. 8. An ATV was struck, but the man being sought by police was not.

Alexandra Shapka, a French Immersion Kindergarten teacher at St. Dominic Elementary School, was named the 2022 Edwin Parr winner for Alberta School Board Association’s Zone 2/3.

Due to how close the vote is, there has been a delay in announcing who has won the right to run in the next provincial election under the United Conservation Party for the Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul constituency.

There will be no overnight physician coverage at Cold Lake Healthcare Centre's Emergency Department overnight this evening, Friday, Dec. 9 until the following morning at 7 a.m.