News Release

Municipal Enforcement officers will be wearing and using body cameras during interactions with the public in the coming weeks.

The City of Cold Lake will be receiving $602,000 in grant funding from the Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership to design and build a new transmission line to the Building Number 10 reservoir, located at the top of Brady Heights in Hill Top Park.

Council approved eight grant applications for the Community, Recreation, Art, Culture and Heritage (CRACH) Investment grant program’s May 2026 intake.

The City of Cold Lake will continue to seek information from ALTA Paramedic Health (APH) regarding the provision of ambulance services in the region as well as the increasing expectations that municipal fire-rescue services be available to assist with EMS calls.

At its meeting held earlier this week, Council discussed concerns raised by a resident relating to several limitations at the Cold Lake Marina and considered several means of overcoming the limitations identified. 

City Council voted to start its meetings an hour earlier in an effort to better balance work schedules with their commitments as elected officials.

At its May 12 regular meeting, City Council voted to set the 2026 municipal tax rates, resulting in an average residential municipal property tax increase of 2.48 per cent.

Safety and security concerns brought forward by a slip holder at the marina prompted Council’s Corporate Priorities Committee to explore possible measures that could mitigate the issues identified.

Cold Lake Council approved the City’s third grant to incentivize the creation of childcare spaces, with a total of over 170 new childcare spaces having been created in the community since the incentive program was launched.

Cold Lake City Council revisited its Multiunit Rental Housing Incentive in an effort to help spur the development of purpose-built rentals in the community.