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The significant drop in temperature earlier in the month did very little to cool the enthusiasm for the upcoming growing season at back-to-back meetings of the Elk Point Community Garden group and Elk Point Economic Development Committee.

A St. Paul RCMP officer has been arrested and charged with child exploitation offences following an ALERT Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) investigation.

The St. Paul Jr. B Canadiens are back home from Flin Flon, Man., where they represented the North Eastern Alberta Jr. B Hockey League (NEAJBHL) at the 2024 Central Canada Cup – winning the tournament in convincing fashion. 

Farmers are gearing up for the busy spring seeding ahead. While concerns for a possible drought weigh heavy on the minds of many, the seed still has to go in the ground.

City of Cold Lake council has approved a $20,000 sponsorship for Extreme Mudfest, set to take place this summer, despite some councillors wanting to reduce the amount.

The local fire department has been working with Alberta Wildfire to do controlled burns in sections of meadows and fields around the community.

Plamondon and Rich Lake will host gardening workshops

The Government of Alberta announced a series of sweeping changes today to legislation regulating municipal government and elections, including formally introducing political parties at the municipal level and giving the province more power to overrule bylaws and remove elected councillors. 

The implementation of a Safe Haven Baby Box program was discussed again during a Cold Lake council meeting. The discussion was based on an earlier delegation that an Ardmore resident Mary Sara Robichaud brought to the City at the Jan. 23 regular council meeting. 

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