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News Headlines from Cold Lake, AB

• Former city woman continues to go full throttle

  One day in March of 1989, 23-year-old Ragan Niepel sat in the kitchen of her parents' home in north Lethbridge designing a logo and label for a cleaning product like no other.

• High flying super cars take on jet fighter

  Drivers paid $1,500 for the rare opportunity to drive their Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati , Porsche or other high-performance vehicle to its top speed on one of the longest patches of pavement in the country .

• Cold Lake to get a piece of CF-18 maintenance contract

  Ottawa has given a Quebec-based company a $468 million contract to maintain the countrya TMs fleet of CF-18 fighter planes until the end of their life-cycle. Pictured, a CF-18. Photograph by: Master Corporal Andrew Collins/DND, xx Ottawa has given a Quebec-based company a $468 million contract to maintain the country's fleet of CF-18 fighter planes ...

• Money raised for charity, fast

  A Spyker C8 Spyder passes a CF-18 Hornet as the driver gets ready for a practice run at the Race the Base fundraiser on Aug.

• MD votes to aid healthcare group

  Councillors for the MD of Bonnville voted to provide Cold Lake's Hearts for Healthcare with $60,000 to help with doctor recruitment in the city.

• Lavoie to remain on council till end of term

  After over half a decade of serving Vermilion, Councillor Richard Lavoie has announced he will not run for re-election. He reported for a new job in his hometown of St.

• Bonnyville wants water pipeline back on Cold Lake's agenda

  The Town of Bonnyville's mayor hopes that Cold Lake will accept a request to enter mediation and restart talks over drawing water through the city's water plant.

• Photographic show on oil snagged by Art Gallery of Alberta

  Edward Burtynsky, Oil Fields #22, Cold Lake Production Project, Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, 2001.

• The Russians aren't coming

  Stephen Harper's Conservatives are not just changing the country's direction , they appear intent on reshaping reality.

• Photos: 'Race the Base' pits supercars against fighter jets

  Photos from this weekend's Race the Base speed challenge at CFB Cold Lake, where supercars race military fighter jets.