Council considers glass recycling after questions from residents

Cold Lake, AB – Council debated the merits of creating a glass recycling program after questions from the public about its absence in the City of Cold Lake.

The City of Cold Lake removed glass from its list of recyclable materials in 2019, after regulatory changes made in the global recycling market led to higher processing costs for a number of materials, including glass. The increase in costs has eliminated the business case for glass recycling in many jurisdictions, and has led many...

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City to provide funding for CLFN Healing Pow Wow

Cold Lake, AB – During city council’s August 8 regular meeting, council agreed to provide $5,000 in funding for Cold Lake First Nation’s First Annual Traditional Healing Pow Wow.

The First Annual Traditional Healing Pow Wow will be the first held in the community since the 1960s, and will be the first local pow wow of its kind for this generation. The event will feature several traditions, including a pipe ceremony, prayer, tribal dancing, drummers, song, a feast, and a vendor’s market offering...

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Cold Lake welcomes judges for Communities in Bloom competition

Cold Lake, AB – On August 1, 2023, the City of Cold Lake welcomed judges from the Communities in Bloom organization as part of the City’s participation in the National category for this year’s competition.

This will be the first time the City of Cold Lake has taken part in the Communities in Bloom competition since 2019. It was then that Cold Lake was invited to compete in the National completion and were awarded 5 Blooms Bronze. Prior to 2019, Cold Lake was judged on the provincial level and...

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Council amends budget to fund capital projects

Cold Lake, AB – Council added $485,000 to the 2023 Capital Budget to facilitate eight projects that are responses to emerging trends, or projects that require top-up funding due to increased prices.

The original 2023 Capital Budget was passed at $23.8 million and now sits at just under $24.3 million. The additional funding is coming from the City’s unrestricted surplus.

“These projects will allow us to continue with the vision our council had for the community while also responding to several new...

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Council funds additional RCMP officer

Cold Lake, AB – At its July 11 Regular Meeting, Cold Lake City Council voted to add an additional municipal RCMP position at the Cold Lake RCMP Detachment.

The funding for RCMP positions at detachments where the RCMP provides municipal policing are split between the federal government, the provincial government and municipalities. While the City of Cold Lake budgets to fund a full compliment of approved officers at the Cold Lake Detachment, positions are often unfilled during the year for a...

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