Town, city plan to meet with province, as Municipalities of Saskatchewan Convention approaches

Leslie said the town is also interested in discussing service from the RCMP, to put more focus on the town for police presence and response times.

“The Town of Battleford is on a provincial contract. So we don’t have a plethora of members that are assigned to the town,” he said. “So there are times where the response can be delayed. It needs to revisit that contract to make sure that is appropriate for the needs of the Town of Battleford.”

For the City of North Battleford, Mayor David Gillan said the city will have a meeting with the province to discuss infrastructure requirements. One of the projects the city wants to focus on is the need to improve safety at a section of road at Territorial Drive between Sobeys and the Discovery Co-op grocery stores, at the north end of the city.

“It’s about directing traffic, and using some sort of median in between, so people can’t go directly between the Co-op and Sobeys,” Gillan said. He suggested moving traffic to the right to exit instead, to prevent vehicles from crossing from one side of the road to the other, which can be dangerous.

“[The project] needs a bit of planning and a bit of money,” Gillan said. “That was in the [city’s] budget this year, and we said we would lobby the province to help us with it.”

Randy Goulden, chair of the convention planning committee, said while the event will be online for 2021, all the usual activities will continue.

“Understanding the need to not meet in person, we have gone to a virtual convention this year,” she said. “This is in regard to all the regulations we have to meet to keep our residents, our delegates safe. But everything delegates have seen in past conventions will be happening again.”

Delegates will need to register to attend the convention.

Among the guest speakers this year are young entrepreneur and author Kendal Netmaker from Sweetgrass First Nation.

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by Angela Brown

Town, city plan to meet with province, as Municipalities of Saskatchewan Convention approaches

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