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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Borrowing bylaw information

Borrowing Bylaw

Cold Lake City Council proposes to pass the following bylaws to increase the authorized borrowing by $12,250,000 to finance the construction of Storm Water Pond 133A, expansion of the CL Medical Clinic, and increase borrowing for the Public Works Operations Centre Phase 1.  To date $18,000,000 in borrowing has been authorized for the construction of the Public Works Operations Centre (Bylaw 733-FN-22 and Bylaw 765-FN-22).  For more information regarding these bylaws, contact

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Council to consider changes to policy for field use, ice-time allocation

Cold Lake, AB – The City of Cold Lake is updating its policy governing the booking of fields and arenas to prioritize events that bring significant economic activity to the community.

At the Corporate Priorities Committee meeting held on March 18, Cold Lake’s elected officials considered a number of draft changes to the policy. Some of the proposals simply refined operational aspects of facility booking, such as allowing for a seven-day cancellation policy for hourly bookings while maintaining...

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