McHappy Day returns to Cold Lake on May 11th
May 11th is McHappy Day at McDonald’s – Photo from Ronald McDonald House Charities/ Facebook On Wednesday, May 11th, McDonald’s independent franchisees and Canadians coast-to-coast, including right here in Cold Lake, will come together to support Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) and local children’s charities through McHappy Day. This means all day a portion of proceeds...
11 Street overhaul receives top-up funding
Cold Lake City Hall – File Photo With the cost of some construction work rising, City Council made the decision to approve top-up funding from reserves to ensure that critical work on 11 Street can move forward. The City of Cold Lake is seeing inflated costs across various construction disciplines and materials. After receiving a boost in funding of $1,540,000, the total budget for the...
Creative Mother’s Day celebration and gift ideas
May 8th is Mother’s Day – Submitted Photo On Sunday, May 8th millions of people will celebrate the special women in their lives, particularly the mothers, grandmothers and stepmothers who often tirelessly care for those they love. Created by Anna Jarvis in the early 20th, Mother’s Day is a special day in many families. Apart from birthdays, primary female caregivers may not...
Chalk the Walk inspires at 4 Wing
Sgt Amanda Proctor (right) and Cpl Victoria Pearce begin work on a positivity Taco at the Chalk the Walk event hosted at the Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre at 4 Wing on May 4th – Photo by Mike Marshall Cooler weather didn’t dampen any spirits as members of the CFB Cold Lake community took to the sidewalk to spread some positivity. On May 4th, the 4 Wing Personnel Support Programs (PSP)...
Leader-Not-Ship
All of us have aspects of our job that we love and other aspects that we put up with, in order to carry on doing our job. Not long ago, a member told me how much she loved working with jets. An aspect of her trade that she did not like, however, was the fact that the senior leadership of her trade seemed out of touch, even uninterested, in real working conditions. Everything was planned around...
Personal aircraft and car displays at the 2022 Cold Lake Air Show!
The 2022 Cold Lake Air Show – File Photo The extravagant sights and sounds at the 2022 Cold Lake Air Show aren’t just located in the sky. Requests are now being taken to be part of the Civilian Static Aircraft Ground Display! Private plane owners wishing to be a part of the ground static display for the 2022 Cold Lake Air Show can enter to receive a spot and showcase their aircraft, after...
1 AMS Time Capsule opened to celebrate 50 years
The 1 AMS Command Team begins opening the time capsule that was sealed in 1996 to celebrate 25 years of the unit – Photo by Mike Marshall It was a step back in time, 26 years to be exact, for members of 1 Air Maintenance Squadron (1 AMS). On April 27th, members of 1 AMS were at the Cold Lake Air Force Museum to open a time capsule that had originally been sealed in 1996 to commemorate the...
MP Laila Goodridge visits 4 Wing
Laila Goodridge speaks with 4 Wing Military Family Resource Centre Society Executive Director Floyd Perras during her April 14th visit- Photo by Mike Marshall Fort McMurray- Cold Lake Member of Parliament (MP) Laila Goodridge stopped by 4 Wing recently. The federal government representative for the region was at CFB Cold Lake on April 14th, taking a tour of the operations with an entourage that...
4 Wing Theatre hosts Quarterly Honours and Awards Ceremony
Colonel Dave Moar (left) and Chief Warrant Officer Lee Darling present the General Campaign Star Expedition Medal to Maj Matthew Jokala at the Theatre on March 11, 2021 at 4 Wing Cold Lake AB – All photos courtesy of 4 Wing Imaging A number of 4 Wing members were given recognition at the 4 Wing Quarterly Honours and Awards Ceremony hosted at the 4 Wing theatre last March. 19 medals,...
Exercise COUGAR SOUTH 22
A 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron CF-18 during take off on Exercise COUGAR SOUTH in Miramar, CA on March 8, 2022. Photo: Captain Rachel Brosseau For the month of March, 410 Tactical Fighter (Operational Training) Squadron (TAC F (OT) Sqn) along with 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS), and some members from 3 Wing Bagotville deployed to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar to conduct Exercise...
