Fire sparks concerns about dry season ahead

Cold Lake, AB – A wildland fire in Tri City on the weekend had many residents concerned.

“It’s a dry start to the summer, so a lot of fires are popping up right now,” said Mayor Craig Copeland.

The fire started late in the evening on April 27, and was estimated at approximately 15 metres by 30 metres in size. Cold Lake Fire-Rescue responded and got the fire quickly under control. A second, smaller fire was also found and extinguished along a trail between two homes in the same neighbourhood.

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Council highlights - April 23

Smoking bylaw changed to allow smudging

Cold Lake, AB – An amendment to the smoking bylaw now allows for Indigenous ceremonial use of smoked products for smudging and/or pipe ceremonies to be permitted within City facilities. Previously, no smoke of any kind was permitted. However, prior authorization and approval will be needed the ceremony, to ensure the specific location is appropriate, which includes temporarily disabling the smoke detector and sprinkler system, having access to a fire...

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Council votes to sponsor Mudfest stage

Cold Lake, AB – Cold Lake will be the stage sponsor of Extreme Mudfest this August.

After a presentation to Council earlier this month about the event, which included statistics of the event from previous years, council decided to become the Official Stage Sponsor at an amount of $20,000.

“Extreme Mudfest brings a lot of people into the city throughout that whole week,” said Mayor Craig Copeland. “It’s a great event, full of mud and music, and we’re happy to be a driving force in bringing it back...

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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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