Council adjusts grant program to better meet needs

Cold Lake, AB – The City of Cold Lake’s Community Recreation, Art, Culture and Heritage Investment Grant Policy has been updated to allow for council or the grant committee to include some submissions from indigenous communities neighbouring Cold Lake. The changes also allow for-profit businesses to apply for grants where their project has a benefit to the greater community. 

The changes to the policy expand upon a previous revision that allowed one of the grant streams to be available to groups...

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Fine structure spelled out for Land Use Bylaw

Cold Lake, AB – Cold Lake City Council voted to include a fine schedule for its Land Use Bylaw in an effort to help make any required enforcement under the bylaw more practical.

“We always like to work with developers and residents to make sure any issues with bylaw violations are well understood before we get to the point where enforcement is necessary,” Mayor Craig Copeland said. “Of course, there are unfortunate instances where we need to issue tickets for us to see compliance, and we need to...

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Commercial parking lot exception included in noise bylaw revision

Cold Lake, AB – Over the course of the winter, the City of Cold Lake received several complaints related to noise violations during the City’s designated quiet hours from 10pm to 7am during the week, and between 10pm and 9am on weekends and holidays.

While a few of the complaints involved road clearing, the majority of the complaints were associated with snow clearing on parking lots attached to commercial businesses.

The Noise and Public Nuisance Bylaw was initially passed in November of 2014,...

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Over $95,000 in grant money given to local groups

Cold Lake, AB – Council approved grants to help 23 local groups that submitted applications to the City of Cold Lake’s Community Recreation, Art, Culture and Heritage Investment Grant Program.

Over $95,000 in grant monies was dispersed to the 23 Cold Lake groups and associations in the spring intake of applications. The groups represented a cross section of the community that works to ensure the City offers a strong, healthy and diverse quality of life for all who live here.

From sports...

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City votes to amend Animal Control Bylaw

Cold Lake, AB – At a Regular City Council meeting earlier this month, Council amended the City’s Animal Care and Control Bylaw to allow for more flexibility for people who own multiple animals within Cold Lake.

Under the previous rules, animal owners were restricted to five animals, where the totals of either dogs or cats could not exceed three and the total number of rabbits could not exceed two. It was decided that while the total number of animals would remain the same at five per household,...

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