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LICA Forest Guide Tour
In partnership with the LICA, the Parent Link will be at the Provincial Park for a guided tour. Families will participate in a short nature walk to talk about native plants, outdoor safety as well as the animals that call our parks home. Families will get an opportunity to investigate the nature around them and create a memento of natural materials to take home.
The Energy Centre will be hosting Summer Sports Camps for youth ages 4-14! Registration is now open! Spots are limited in each camp, so register early to secure a place in your desired camp.
For more information, call the Energy Centre at 780-639-6400.
Bounce Back, Social Relationships
Today we identify “ingredients” for a friendship pie. All of our recipes may be different due to our preferences and interests, and that is ok! We will learn how to make and keep friends, and how to get along with people we do not like. The book “Enemy Pie” will help us understand what it means to be an enemy and how the character Jeremy became a friend. In the afternoon, we will bake a pie of our own.
Coffee Talk
Join our Triple P – Positive Parenting Program facilitators each week to add skills to your parenting toolbox. Let the kids play on the playground, stretch out on your picnic blanket and enjoy the sunshine while you help make parenting more relaxed and predictable for both you and your family.
Nature Kids
LICA is facilitating this awesome nature-focused program. Youth will enjoy being outdoors observing nature, learning about healthy living and scientific investigation. This will be a hands-on interactive afternoon promoting environmental stewardship.
Play in the Park
Meet a Parent Link Centre Staff at different parks around Cold Lake for fun summer activities! Play in the sand, kick around the balls, blow some bubbles and enjoy fun summer crafts! Do not forget to pack a hat, sunscreen, a snack, and bring a water bottle. Some activities will be messy, bring an extra change of clothes.
Cold Lake, AB – Artists in the city are getting ready for the second annual Verge Arts Festival in Cold Lake, and city council recently voted to sponsor the event.
“We have an extraordinary amount of talent in our community, and council is proud to support this endeavor to help give artists an opportunity to showcase their work,” said Mayor Craig Copeland.
The Verge Arts Festival encompasses several different varieties of the arts, including theatre, musical performance, and static visual displays. It takes place over three days, Aug. 9-11 at the Grande Parlour on main street in Cold Lake South. Last week, Council voted to sponsor the festival with a grant of $5,000.
“The Cold Lake Entertainment Society took a big leap of faith with starting this festival last year, and we really hope to see it grow with some community support,” said Copeland. “We think it has potential and are thrilled that community groups step up to take these events on.”
There will be four theatre productions over two nights, all of which are written and performed by local residents. During a delegation, council heard that one of the playwrights is Meghan Rennie, an 18-year-old student about to head off to university to study business and art.
The festival will also include musical performances, which will run throughout the two evenings, across three different stages. In addition to the Grande Parlour main stage and the small stage in the café, a third stage will be set up in the back alley, where craft beer and wine will also be available.
Cold Lake, AB – The City of Cold Lake is working to understand concerns about impacts that changes to the delivery of driver’s examinations are having in the community.
“We’ve heard that residents are having trouble accessing this service,” Mayor Craig Copeland said. “There are concerns in the community that people trying to access road tests are facing severe waiting times.”
Last year, the former provincial government made the decision to stop delivering road tests through contractors and to hire provincial employees to provide the service. In November of last year, Council wrote a letter to the then minister of Service Alberta, which went unanswered until after the election. The response, which came from the then deputy minister on April 11, 2019, said that demand for driver’s examinations would be monitored by the government.
Council and administration will work to understand the level of service being provided in Cold Lake, and whether the level of service has changed.
Cold Lake, AB – As construction on the Regional Water Line Project continues, road closures will continue to shift.
Starting July 18, there will be a road closure in Cold Lake North, along 16 Street, between Circle K and the Seniors Lodge. Specifically, the closure will be located between 3 Avenue and 5 Avenue, as well as 5 Avenue to 6A Avenue.
Access to 16 Street from Highway 28 will be closed to prevent vehicles from turning off of Highway 28. Residential areas will still be accessible from English Bay Road. With beach access will be made available through 10th Street.
These temporary road closures are expected to be removed on July 24.
Alternative access to Kinosoo Beach and other areas will have detour signs available.
Cold Lake, AB – Fuel is now available for purchase at the Cold Lake Marina, for boaters and other watercraft users.
With the new fuel tank operational, marina users are now able to purchase regular fuel using a credit card. Debit cards and cash cannot be accepted by the pump. The new fueling system has premium fuel capability, however arrangements are still being made to bring premium fuel to the launch, so only regular fuel is available at this time.
Users interested in purchasing fuel can insert their credit card into the pump machine, and follow the prompts to review a safety orientation before being provided a pin number. This pin number will be required to activate the fuel system, and the number should be retained for future purchases with that same credit card, as it will be locked to that credit card number.
Cold Lake, AB – A second scale at the City of Cold Lake landfill and transfer station will help to decrease wait times at the facility.
The second scale became operational earlier this week, and now allows for vehicles and their loads to be weighed in two independent lines – one entering and one exiting the facility. The second scale became a possibility when the road to the transfer station and landfill was realigned as part of efforts to extend the life of the landfill.
“This project made the most out of a necessary change,” City of Cold Lake Chief Administrative Officer Kevin Nagoya said. “Thanks to excellent project planning we are now able to extend the life of our landfill, which was nearing its capacity in the previous configuration, while at the same time making improvements that will benefit users. People can now expect shorter wait times both entering and exiting the landfill and transfer station.”
The reconfigured landfill, coupled with an enhanced waste diversion project that will be rolled out in the future, is expected to significantly extend the life of the Cold Lake Landfill.
Cold Lake, AB – The City of Cold Lake joined a growing number of municipalities in Western Canada that are calling on the federal government to scrap Bill C-48 and accept the Senate’s amendments to Bill C-69.
“Our community has suffered a deep, prolonged downturn and our residents have done their best to weather the poor economy and are looking for signs of hope – for signs of a recovery,” Mayor Craig Copeland said. “Our federal government needs to create a competitive environment that will encourage investment. What these two bills are proposing will accomplish the opposite – they amount to kicking us when we are down.”
At its June 11 Regular Meeting, council unanimously passed a motion calling on the Senate to defeat Bill C-48, also known as the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, and to Defeat Bill C-69 if it returns to the Senate without the amendments the Senate originally passed.
Council has recently returned from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) convention, held in Quebec City, where they were able to discuss Canada’s Energy Industry with municipal leaders from across the country. Mayor Copeland told council that the proponents of the bills in question would always stop short of proposing any measures that would negatively affect the economy in their region, but were quick to overlook the negative impacts the bills would have on others.
