Cold Lake News

Portage College has made five Ukrainian Solidarity Scholarships available for the 2023-24 academic year, specifically for international Ukrainian students who have left Ukraine due to the ongoing war.

RCMP are seeking the public’s help in locating a male suspect in relation to a stabbing that occurred in Cold Lake First Nation, sending two men to hospital with life threatening injuries, on Jan. 23. One suspect is in custody.

The Lakeland Jaguars are set to host the U18 Female B Hockey Alberta Provincial Championship in Cold Lake for a second year in a row. Last year, the Jags swept the competition and took gold in the 2022 provincial tournament.

Applications for the City of Cold Lake’s new 2023 Medical Transportation Grant are now being accepted. City residents with a ‘modest income’ travelling more than 150 kms for medical appointments can apply for the new grant.

Municipal leaders from across the Lakeland attend a virtual Health Advisory Council meeting, joining members of the public to share concerns of EMS vacancies, local hospital under-utilization and much more. Updates on physician recruitment and ongoing vacancies were also addressed during the Lakeland Communities Health Advisory Council meeting.

Bonnylodge and Cold Lake Lodge residents, as well as the municipalities that support the Lakeland Lodge and Housing Foundation, will be dishing out more money due to persistent vacancies at the foundation’s housing facilities.

A silver 2010 GMC pick-up truck with a crew cab is being sought by RCMP after a shot was reportedly fired from the vehicle near Big Island Cree Territory, in Saskatchewan. The truck was last seen heading toward the Alberta border.

A green light has been given to the organizers of the Summer Rush Music Festival to begin planning for this summer’s event, set to take place from Aug. 25 to 27, 2023.

The Pathways Alliance, representing Canada’s six largest oil sands producers, has entered into a Carbon Sequestration Evaluation Agreement with the Government of Alberta in anticipation of a carbon storage hub expected to be built in the Cold Lake area.

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