Regional airport grant will support plans to certify airport

Cold Lake, AB – The City of Cold Lake will use a $144,000 grant from the Province of Alberta to complete a study for airport certification that could ultimately see scheduled air services brought to the airport.

The Regional Airport Development Grant, provided through Alberta’s Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Trade, will allow the City of Cold Lake to build off of a draft Cold Lake Airport Expansion Implementation Strategy. This strategy was started in August of 2023, and is in its final stages of...

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Financial support granted to cemetery society

Cold Lake, AB – The costs and responsibility of cemetery maintenance was discussed at length during the April 9 council meeting.

In response to a request for financial support from the St. Dominic Cemetery Society due to the critically low inventory of burial plots available for its parishioners, council granted $70,000 to put toward concrete work for headstones and curbs between two of the cemeteries that the society oversees: Assumption Roman Catholic Cemetery and Saint Dominic Roman Catholic...

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Six community groups receive grant funding

Cold Lake, AB – Several local groups were awarded grant funding at the most recent council meeting.

A total of $49,699 was awarded to six groups through the Community Recreation, Art, Culture and Heritage Investment Grant Policy (CRACH) and the Community Capital Projects Grant, breaking down into the following:

CRACH:

• Cold Lake Minor Hockey: $4,600 for U15 Female Tier 1 Hockey Provincial Championship Tournament facility rental costs.
• Pirouette School of Dance Society: $1,500 for annual recital...

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Cold Lake’s new wastewater treatment plant gets the go-ahead

Cold Lake, AB – The Cold Lake Regional Utilities Commission has awarded a contract to build a new wastewater treatment plant.

Shovels will hit the ground for the $34 million project this summer. The new plant will include upgraded technology to ensure that the effluent discharge from the wastewater treatment facility will meet all federal and provincial regulatory requirements.

“Wastewater treatment is one of those things that does not often grab headlines until things go very wrong,” Cold Lake...

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Partnership takes step towards aircraft maintenance school in Cold Lake

Cold Lake, AB – The City of Cold Lake is partnering with Portage College to purchase an Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) curriculum in a step towards opening an AME school in the city.

The City of Cold Lake and Portage College have partnered on the project for just under three years. The City of Cold Lake has completed a feasibility study for the school, created a design for a building, and has brought a first phase of the school to detailed design, meaning that the project now stands...

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