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North Battleford airport runway project gets $135,000
The city of North Battleford will receive half the required funding it needs to finish resurfacing the Cameron McIntosh Airport's Main Runway."This is very good news," Mayor Ryan Bater said. "Not just...
May 30, 2020
P.A. Quality Inn could be in city hands next month
The final countdown has started to the city of Prince Albert acquiring the shuttered downtown Quality Inn hotel under the Tax Enforcement Act. The site closed its doors in June 2019 and its owners hav...
May 30, 2020
How finding a ministerial home for CMHC caused 'madness' in November
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's federal housing agency wrote a one-word email in November to sum up the time it took to figure out just which newly shuffled cabinet minister was responsible for the...
May 30, 2020
SHA unanimously votes to accept 2021 capital and operating Budgets – COVID impact unknown
Pending provincial government approval in June, Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) board members have unanimously approved the 2021-22 capital and operating budgets.During their regular board meeting...
May 29, 2020
Mosaic Stadium, Evraz Place could handle hub city role: REAL CEO
If the CFL decides to take a hub cities approach to the 2020 season, the operators of Evraz Place believe they could handle the load.Tim Reid, CEO of Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL), said...
May 29, 2020
More opportunities to help businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic
Battlefords area businesses have some new opportunities to help them improve their bottom line during the COVID-19 pandemic.Battlefords Chamber of Commerce Chief Operating Officer Linda Machniak said ...
May 29, 2020
Partygoer at Missouri's Lake of Ozarks positive for COVID-19
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. - Health officials said Friday that they were seeking to "inform mass numbers of unknown people" after a person who attended crowded pool parties over Memorial Day weekend at Missouri...
May 29, 2020
‘There will be a hockey season this year’ – Raiders’ business manager Michael Scissons
**Editors Note: This article concludes with a message to the community from JPBG Saskatchewan Director of Information Programming, Teena Monteleone.--Certainties are rare in times like these.But Princ...
May 29, 2020
Local correctional centres to benefit from provincial capital spending
The Government of Saskatchewan has committed just over $6 million to pay for upgrades at the province's correctional centres.Three facilities in Prince Albert will be benefitting from this spending. B...
May 29, 2020
Carpenter High School class of 2020 graduation ceremony goes virtual
Carpenter High School's 2020 graduation ceremony will look different than previous years due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The ministry of education announced May 7, classes will not resume for the...
May 29, 2020