Rolling Barrage to visit 4 Wing and CFB Cold Lake
Members of The Rolling Barrage coast-to-coast motorcycle ride arrive at 4 Wing for a tour of 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron’s 3 Hangar on 13 Aug 2024 in Cold Lake, Alberta – Photo by Aviator Natalie Chilcott, Royal Canadian Air Force Imagery Technician Members of The Rolling Barrage will visit 4 Wing and Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cold Lake on August 17, as part of the organization’s 2026...
Meet Colonel Laura Gagné, the new 4 Wing Vice Wing Commander
Colonel Laura Gagné (left) and Major-General Chris McKenna, Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division (1 CAD) (right), with 4 Wing and CFB Cold Lake Chief Warrant Officer Carlos Oliveira and 1 CAD Chief Warrant Officer Dipen Mistry during the ceremony on July 22. All photos by Cpl Sera Lamming, 4 Wing Imaging. A new position has been established at 4 Wing and Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cold Lake, and...
Cold Lake teams bring home medals, prepare for competition
The CFB Cold Lake Golf Team (from left) Sgt. Shields, WO Swansburg, Cpl. Johnson, Cpl. Fisher, Cpl. Browning, MCpl. Travers, Sgt. Park and 2Lt. Richardson, at the 2026 Canada West Regional Golf Championship in Wainwright. — Supplied photo Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cold Lake athletes are making their mark on the Canada West military sports scene, with teams bringing home medals and others...
Make the Most of Summer Around the Lakeland
The 4 Wing RV Park and Campground – File Photo Summer in our area offers no shortage of ways to get outside, explore the region and make the most of Alberta’s warmest months. Whether you’re looking for a relaxing day at the beach, a family adventure or a weekend road trip, there are plenty of attractions just a short drive from Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cold Lake. You...
So Long, Sinners
A picture of Major Howard Rittenhouse giving the opening prayer for Cold Lake’s Remembrance Day Ceremony on November 11, 2022. We at the Courier News wish him the fondest of farewells. Photo: Aviator Conor R.G. Munn, Canadian Armed Forces Imagery Technician It will come as a terrible shock to some, a great relief to others, or perhaps simply cause an uninterested shrug of the shoulders to...
A Career in Motion: Cold Lake Museums Exhibit Brings CAF Fitness History Full Circle for Local Instructor
Josey Yearley, 4 Wing PSP Fitness and Sports Instructor at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cold Lake. — Supplied Photo A recently completed exhibit at the Cold Lake Museums is offering visitors a look back at the evolution of fitness, sport, and recreation in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), and for one local Personnel Support Programs (PSP) member, it is also a personal reflection of a career that...
Thank You for your efforts at the Wing Change of Command
4 Wing Change of Command ceremony from Brigadier-General Mark Hickey, outgoing 4 Wing Commander, to Colonel Tim Woods, incoming 4 Wing Commander, at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, on 22 July 2026. Photo by: Corporal Gabe Honsinger-Lefebvre, Canadian Armed Forces Imagery The sun was hot, the air humid, and there you were. Whites and your ceremonial 1As, sweating and waiting, accumulating soreness and...
Photo Gallery: Kinosoo Camp visits 4 Wing and CFB Cold Lake
Aviator Abygale Hurst (Right) shows a child from the Kinosoo Summer Camp how to use a fire hose at the fire hall during a visit to 4 Wing Cold Lake Alberta, 09 July, 2026 – All photos by Corporal Gabriel Honsinger-Lefebvre, Canadian Armed Forces Photo Kids and staff from the local Kinosoo Camp recently visited 4 Wing and Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake to get a closer look at the work done...
Aqua Days set to make a splash at Kinosoo Beach
Supplied Photo Summer fun continues in Cold Lake as Aqua Days returns to Kinosoo Beach this weekend. The annual celebration is scheduled for August 1st and features activities for all ages. Visitors can look forward to a wide variety of attractions throughout the day, including face painting, sparkle tattoos, balloon twisting, a dunk tank, water balloon cornhole, circus activities, a foam party...
New Childcare Spaces Open at 4 Wing MFRCS
Guests, including then-4 Wing and Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cold Lake Commander Colonel Mark Hickey, 4 Wing Chief Warrant Officer Carlos Oliveira, Cold Lake Mayor Bob Mattice, and representatives from the 4 Wing Military Family Resource Centre Society (MFRCS), officially opened the newly renovated Welcome Centre and expanded First Flights Early Learning Centre—all photos by Brittany Poisson,...