The Rural Municipality of Coldwell is host to a range of services to meet your every need. Everything from fire, protection and health services are located within a short distance.
A brief description of some local services can be found below:
Ambulance
Service provided in Lundar and the surrounding area by Shared Health. Advanced Life Support capabilities are also offered.
Fire
Lundar Volunteer Fire Department is a large, well equipped volunteer fire department with 23 volunteer fire fighters.
Police
RCMP Detachment is located in the town of Lundar.
Hydro / Electric
Manitoba Hydro provides full service to the Coldwell region. This and geothermal are the primary means of heating in the region although wood has always been a popular supplementary source.
Natural Gas / Propane
Natural Gas is not yet available in this part of the Interlake. Propane is available in bulk and is used by a number of high energy consumers.
Fuel / Heating Oil
Fuel is available at two gas bars in the Community. Bulk fuel is available in Eriksdale, Ashern, Stonewall and Teulon.
Sewer System
Lundar utilizes a Community sewer system while rural residents use private septic tanks or fields for sewage disposal.
Refuse
C.E.W.D.G
Coldwell Eriksdale Waste Disposal Grounds
204-739-2808
Find our group on Facebook under C.E.W.D.G.
Curbside Garbage & Recycling Guidelines
Town (Lundar & Eriksdale) Garbage & Recycling Curbside Pick-up
- Weekly – Tuesdays, have bags/bins curbside by 8:00 am
- 2 bags of household garbage, not to exceed 40 lbs – coloured bags
- Minimum of 1 bag of CLEAN recycling (no limit) – blue or clear bag
- Due to inclement weather& unforeseen circumstances garbage will be collected the following day, unless otherwise posted.
- Rural (Lundar & Eriksdale) Garbage & Recycling Curbside Pick-up
- Bi -weekly – have bags/bins within 20 feet of roadway surface edge by 8:00 am
- Eriksdale bi-weekly Thursday –
- Lundar bi-weekly – Lundar East and Hwy 6 Thursday – Lundar West of Hwy 6 Friday
- 4 bags of household garbage, not to exceed 40 lbs – coloured bags
- 2 bags of CLEAN recycling (no limit) – blue or clear bag
Due to inclement weather & unforeseen circumstances pick-up will be on the following bi-weekly schedule. Double the amount is allowed.
- Ensure all bins are in safe handling condition & clean
- Broken bags are owner’s responsibility
- All bags must be tied
- Recycling must be CLEAN, workers handle this product.
- Containers should be drained & rinsed.
- Separate glass – place in separate bag or box.
Recycling Guide – Acceptable Items in Recycling Bags
Newspaper, flyers, magazines, catalogues, paper directories, wrapping paper with no foil or cellophane
Aluminum food & beverage containers (pop cans)
Steel food & beverage containers (soup, bean, vegetable cans)
Gable top containers (milk & cream cartons) Aseptic packaging (juice boxes)
Corrugated cardboard, Boxboard (cereal boxes, etc)
Plastic Containers # 1,2,4,5,7 milk jugs, water& pop bottles ...
Look for the triangle with the above # in or near it on plastic.
Unacceptable items in Recycling
Bags for curbside pick-up
Aluminum foil, foil pie plates, foil food containers, foam
packaging, paper towel, tissue, plastic bags, wax or foil
coated paper i.e.(foil wrapping paper, gift bags, bows,
pet food bags), broken glass, dishes, Plastic # 3,6,9,
soiled food boxes (greasy pizza boxes),
Electronics & large batteries – collected at site
Household Batteries collected at the RM Offices