Cold Lake News

Oilsands giant CNRL won approval to resume pumping high-pressure steam into wells on its Cold Lake lease near four sites where bitumen continues to leak to the surface uncontrolled.

They came by the thousands on a sunny June day four years ago to the first Truth and Reconciliation event in Winnipeg, pouring onto a riverbank site their ancestors had occupied for millennia.

Canadian CF-18s are seent at CFB Cold Lake, Alta. The Canadian government is deploying six CF-18 fighter jets to help NATO allies in Europe as the crisis in eastern Ukraine deepens.

Emily Setlack crossed the finish line in 59 minutes and 50 seconds for 14th place overall out of 326 finishers on a cool but bright Sunday morning.

Aerial view taken April 5, 2014, of Primrose south leak site where bitumen was leaking into the small lake in the upper centre of the photo.

FranA ois Trepanier, a 27-year member of the Canadian Forces, settled in Blackburn Hamlet with his wife and two children in the summer of 2012 after a career on the move.