Local News

COLD LAKE - The Cold Lake Energy Centre was packed with excitement as the Take Flight Cheer and Dance Championship took place March 29 and 30, bringing in athletes from across Alberta - and beyond - for a weekend of competition.

A Cold Lake-based non-profit, 86Cancer, is making a major impact in the fight against cancer by raising funds, providing support, and directly benefiting those affected by the disease.

Ekanatak Yehewin, a new commercial and residential duct and furnace service, can help. The business is a division under Saddle Lake Smoke Eaters LP, which provides Saddle Lake’s fire services, and owned by the Saddle Lake Cree Nation. 

If Budget 2025 is passed, the Government of Alberta will spend $20 million toward the design of Northern Alberta Institute of Technology's (NAIT) proposed Advanced Skills Centre.

ELK POINT – Three representatives of the Eastern Alberta Regional Victim Serving Society (EARVSS) attended the March 24 meeting of Elk Point Town Council to outline the services provided following the recent Regional Transition.

The MD of Bonnyville gave first reading to the 2025 tax rate bylaw that proposes a 3.4 per cent residential municipal tax rate increase, though not without some debate.

A 25-year-old Edmonton resident has died following a collision between a pickup truck and a semi-truck on Township Road 640, April 1.

Staff members at a St. Paul school acted quickly on March 31 when an unknown person entered the St. Paul Elementary School.

The Alberta Dental Association outlined that they are ready to work with the provincial government to create a new Made-in-Alberta Dental Care Plan.

The emergency department at the William J. Cadzow - Lac La Biche Healthcare Centre will be without onsite physician coverage for several dates in April.