Council votes to create corporation to oversee medical clinic
Cold Lake City Hall – File Photo Cold Lake City Council voted in favour of commencing the legislated process for creating a Municipally Controlled Corporation (MCC) that will operate a medical clinic in the community. If successful, the MCC will be registered as “Cold Lake Primary Care Medical Clinic Ltd.”, and will be created with the City of Cold Lake as its sole shareholder. “Since...
4 Wing Band brings holiday cheer with Christmas concert
The 4 Wing Band, led by WO Sylvain Beyries (at left), play at their annual Christmas Concert held on December 11th, 2022 at the Cold Lake High School Theatre – All photos and video by Mike Marshall / The Courier News A celebration of the season through music featuring the 4 Wing Band and guests took place at the Cold Lake High School Theatre on December 11th. The band was joined by members...
Cold Lake veteran celebrates 100th birthday
100-year-old Don Dygert sits with Major Rick Quickfall (left) and Chief Warrant Officer George Hammond of CFB Cold Lake-based Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment (AETE) at his birthday celebration at the Cold Lake Healthcare Centre on December 2nd – Photo by Mike Marshall / The Courier News. Members from AETE were on hand to celebrate a special birthday in Cold Lake recently. Don...
Canadian NORAD Region: Ready to escort Santa once again
A graphic for NORAD tracks Santa 2022 – Photo courtesy of the Royal Canadian Air Force / Facebook The countdown to December 24th has begun! As the big night approaches, the Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) is happy to announce that we will be monitoring and escorting Santa as he completes his journey through Canadian airspace once again! The news was released earlier via a short video on...
2022 Courier News Christmas Office Decorating Challenge: The Winner!
4 Wing Commander Col Dave Turenne, 4 Wing Chief Warrant Officer CWO Lee Darling, and 4 Wing Personnel Support Programs (PSP) Corporate Services Manager Janae Wandler pose with members of 1 Dental Unit and the Courier News Christmas Office Decorating Challenge Penguin trophy after being named the winners of the 2022 edition of the contest – Photo by Mike Marshall / The Courier News ...
2022 Courier News Christmas Office Decorating Challenge: The Finalists
Imagery of 4 Wing Comptroller office area during the annual Courier decoration challenge with a Santa’s Work Shop theme, 4 Wing Cold Lake, on 09 December 2022 – Photo credit: Corporal Kastleen Strome, Royal Canadian Air Force Imagery Technician The 2022 Courier News Christmas Office Decorating Challenge is celebrating 20 years of fantastic holiday displays in the workspaces around 4...
2022 Courier News Christmas Office Decorating Challenge: The Honourable Mentions
Stockings, snowmen and more adorn the mailboxes at 4 MSS CR – Photo by Janae Wandler / The Courier News The 2022 Courier News Christmas Office Decorating Challenge is celebrating 20 years of fantastic holiday displays in the workspaces around 4 Wing. Nine different offices entered the competition. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the honorable mentions from this...
2022 Hamper program a fantastic success: 4 Wing Chaplains
Full Christmas Hampers and donations line the pews at St. Marks Chapel at CFB Cold Lake – Photos by Janae Wandler / The Courier News Organizers of the 4 Wing Christmas Hamper campaign call this year’s efforts a success. The 4 Wing chaplains say 30 compete hampers were assembled since the November 15th start of the campaign, about 5 more than the group usually collects in the holiday...
Holiday Checkstop spreads knowledge and cheer at 4 Wing
4 Wing PSP Health Promotion Manager Lisa Fisher talks with a driver during the 2022 Holiday Checkstop on December 8th at CFB Cold Lake – All photos/video by Mike Marshall/ The Courier News Drivers making their way through the front gate of CFB Cold Lake on the evening of December 8th were stopped to help spread a little awareness and some Christmas cheer. The 4 Wing Personnel Support...
A Blackadder Christmas Greeting
Best felicitations of the gorging season, Sir!” shouts the rather rotund and mustachioed fellow accompanied by the three roundest dumplings ever to crowd a doorway. It’s a scene from A Blackadder Christmas Carol, loosely (very loosely) based on Dickens. Ebenezer Blackadder (played by Rowan Atkinson better known by some as Mr. Bean) owns a small ‘shoppe’ and is known as the sweetest, kindest,...
