High water bills could see relief if due to water leak

Cold Lake, AB – Some high-costing water bills in Cold Lake may have the option to apply for a relief assistance program.

Residents who are faced with an abnormally high water bill may be able to apply to the Water Billing Adjustment Program, so long as the bill meets the criteria outlined in the Water Billing Adjustment Program Policy.

“Sometimes there’s a water leak or line break, and it shoots the water usage for a resident through the roof,” said Mayor Craig Copeland. “We wanted to give...

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Letter of support approved for John Howard Society

Cold Lake, AB – The City of Cold Lake provided a letter of support to the John Howard Society for its grant funding application with the Government of Alberta.

A special council meeting was called Tuesday, April 29, in order to approve the letter within the timeframe given to the John Howard Society from the Government of Alberta for their grant application.

“They weren’t given much time to provide supporting documents, but we were fortunately able to get a deadline extension for us to call a...

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City begins delivering recycling service under new program

Cold Lake, AB – The City of Cold Lake has been awarded the contracts to deliver curbside collection, depot collection, and receiving and processing services for the recycling of residential single-use products, packaging, and paper products.

Alberta’s Extended Producer Responsibility Regulation came into effect in November of 2023. The regulation requires the producers of such products to take on the financial burden of their recycling programs. The City of Cold Lake’s recycling program...

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Cold Lake Transit looks back 10 years; secures funding for next 10

Cold Lake, AB – Cold Lake Transit is nearing its 10-year service mark, and has seen a significant increase in ridership over the last decade.

Current services, routes, ridership trends, grants, and plans for the future were presented to council on Tuesday, April 15 by City staff.

“A lot of grant funding is based on ridership numbers,” said Mayor Craig Copeland. “Because the service remains free for people to use, we continue to see growth in our ridership.”

Cold Lake Transit offers full-service,...

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Grant funding distributed to 17 community groups

Cold Lake, AB – Seventeen grant applications were brought to council for final approval on April 8.

Of these applications, 16 fell under the Community Recreation, Art, Culture, and Heritage Investment (CRACH) Grant and one application was under the Community Capital Grant. However, the Community Grant Advisory Committee recommended moving two of the CRACH applications under the Community Capital Grant, as the requests made in the applications were a better fit for capital projects.

“The Advisory...

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