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Sunday May 26, 2019 @ 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Stick and Puck is open to all ages, and gives anyone the chance to play around with a stick and puck, or the opportunity to work on skill building.
Gloves and Helmet are required.
Free with membership or drop in rates apply.
Public skating is free and open to everyone, must have skates to be on the ice.
No sticks and pucks are permitted on the ice during public skating times
Sunday May 26, 2019 @ 2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Family Adventure Program Ye Olde Maclean Hobby Farm
Spend some quality time together as a family in an afternoon filled with adventure and activities. Learn new skills, make some new friends and enjoy the ride.
Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a Wiffle Ball, over a net.
Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a Wiffle Ball, over a net.
Critter Care
A specially trained pet counselor will bring a variety of small creatures to the Parent Link Centre. It is sure to be an interactive, fun and educational experience!
Cold Lake, AB – Council will offset the increase in the City’s 2019 Operational Budget with accumulated surplus from the previous year’s budget, bringing the average increase in municipal taxes paid to zero per cent this year.
The residential tax rate is set at 8.0331, the multi-family residential rate is 8.4215 and the non-residential rate is 12.2760. These rates will generate just over $20.5 million from properties within the city, which will then be topped up with $555,381 from accumulated surplus to balance the city’s $52 million budget for 2019. This budget is inclusive of all municipal expenditures and transfers.
Accumulated surplus is the result of not spending money budgeted for the previous year – often in salaries not spent while positions are being filled, for instance. Higher than expected revenue from investments also helped contribute to the 2018 accumulated surplus.
“We know about many hardships in the community due to the economy and so council did not want to see an increase in taxes,” Mayor Craig Copeland said. “Using accumulated surplus means that the increase in taxes could be felt next year. We will either need additional revenue or we will have to look at reducing services in the City to balance the 2020 budget. These are difficult times and, if things do not turn around, we have some difficult decisions on the horizon.”
The tax rate is a factor used per $1,000 of property value to determine the amount of taxes a property is required to pay for municipal services. Taxes are based on the assessment, which means that a tax rate increase or decrease does not necessarily mean an increase or decrease in the amount of municipal tax a property owner will pay compared to previous years.
Cold Lake – The Cold Lake Marina will officially be opening at 4:00 pm today and, as a welcome back to the lake, the city will be offering free boat launches over the May long weekend. Regular launch fees of $8 per boat will commence on Tuesday, May 21.
This year, the city has taken over complete operation of the facility, and thus, new staff members are working at the Marina for the first time. The public’s understanding and patience is appreciated as the staff get used to filling in their new roles.
As the fuel dock is still undergoing maintenance, there is no fuel service until the new tank installation is installed and commissioned, which is expected to be completed in June.
Cold Lake, AB – The City of Cold Lake and the Cold Lake Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) will be hosting a conference to educate the region’s businesses about how to do business with the government – especially when it comes to securing Department of National Defence contracts.
“The oil patch is slow, and we know that a lot of businesses are looking for new opportunities,” Mayor Craig Copeland said. “With the presence of CFB Cold Lake in our community, and the manufacturing, environmental services, and engineering expertise throughout our region, we know there are opportunities for small and medium sized businesses to capitalize on. We hope this conference sheds light on how to find out about contract opportunities and how to bid on them while developing a network of new contacts that can provide follow up support.”
The conference, called Contracting Opportunities in the Lakeland, will be held at the Lakeland Inn in Cold Lake from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm on May 22. Tickets to the event are $15, include lunch, and are available on Eventbrite.ca.
Presentations at the conference will introduce attendees to the bidding process, where to find contract opportunities, how to construct a bid and the differences between various levels of government and their procurement processes. The presentations and breakout sessions will be facilitated by Public Services and Procurement Canada, and the Western Canadian Defense Industries Association, in addition to members from Defense Construction Canada.
“Large multi-million dollar contracts for major equipment tend to get the headlines, but our region’s businesses need to know that opportunities to secure work with the government extends from the multitude of smaller contracts associated with providing local purchase items and services to much larger contracts associated with construction projects and environmental services,” Copeland said. “In many cases the government attendees are as interested to learn what the capabilities of the region are as businesses are to win their contracts.”
Cold Lake, AB – The existing fuel tank supplying customers at the Cold Lake Marina will be replaced with a new tank capable of supplying both regular and premium fuels for boaters.
Work on the replacement is expected to begin this spring, and will take about four weeks to complete. The tank will be above ground and will include a structure to obscure its view to ensure it does not alter the facility’s aesthetics.
Refueling at the marina will not be possible while the existing fuel system is being replaced. The City of Cold Lake apologizes for any inconvenience that this may cause and will work to ensure that the project is completed on schedule to minimize any impacts to service delivery at the facility.
“This project will make two types of fuel available at the marina, fulfilling a request that we have been receiving for some time,” Mayor Craig Copeland said. “As one of our most popular summer destinations we want to ensure that the marina remains an exceptional attraction for locals and visitors alike.”
Cold Lake, AB – This spring will see two plagues of nature sweeping through Cold Lake.
Residents are likely to remember the wiggling masses of Tent Caterpillars that swarmed the area last spring. Considering the caterpillars are currently in the peak of their seven-year cycle, numbers are expected to decrease over the next couple of years until they are virtually unnoticeable in quantity.
City of Cold Lake staff are taking a mechanical approach to controlling the caterpillar population before they hatch, opposed to chemical. There has also been an increased sighting of house flies, which are one of the natural predators of the Tent Caterpillar. A sudden increase in the black fly population signals an end to the caterpillar cycle.
Residents can also take some control on their property. Before they hatch, be on the lookout for Tent Caterpillar egg masses. These can be pruned off the tree and disposed of with regular household waste. Once the caterpillars have started, a homemade solution of dish soap, water, and vegetable oil can be sprayed onto the newly emerged caterpillars. Once sprayed directly onto the caterpillars, the mixture prevents oxygen intake through the skin. It is best to do this in the early morning when the caterpillars are grouped together.
Cold Lake, AB – City Council will hold a public hearing to gather feedback on a proposed bylaw that would relax parking requirements in the Downtown and Lakeshore business districts.
The public hearing will take place at Cold Lake City Council’s May 14 Regular Meeting, which will be held in council chambers at Cold Lake City Hall at 6:00 pm. The hearing will be open to the public to provide feedback.
Under the existing parking regulations, a coherent set of principles used to allow for new development in certain areas became difficult to distinguish, and parking regulations are increasingly being viewed as a limiting factor for establishing new businesses and for the ability of existing businesses to expand.
The city’s development authorities, including the Municipal Planning Commission and the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, have been working with prospective businesses seeking development permits and compliance with the existing parking regulations. Decisions that would allow for new businesses have become increasingly difficult to accommodate, however. The proposed bylaw being considered by council was drafted in response to these concerns.
The proposed bylaw would create what are known as “parking overlays,” or zones within which parking restrictions would be eliminated for certain types of businesses.
