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Provincial funding, infrastructure deficits main concerns ahead of Municipalities of Saskatchewan convention

Regional municipality leaders met for the first time since the Nov. 9 elections.With two months until the Municipalities of Saskatchewan convention, community representatives from the North, Northwest...

Dec 07, 2020

Prince Albert looks to reduce corrosion, lead leaching in water supply

The City of Prince Albert is taking steps to lower the amount of lead flowing through taps in homes with older pipes."The water the city treats and sends out to your home is safe to drink," water trea...

Dec 06, 2020

City budget deliberation sessions underway

The City of North Battleford is in the process of having its deliberation meetings on the proposed 2021 budget.At the first meeting last night the city heard from several non profit organizations maki...

Dec 04, 2020

Mother Nature's bill: the cost of P.A.'s snowstorm cleanup

Cleaning up after early November's massive blizzard cost the City of Prince Albert $131,651. In an email to paNOW, director of public works, Wes Hicks said most of that was spent from Nov. 8 to Nov. 1...

Dec 03, 2020

Town of Battleford plans to present proposed 2021 budget with no tax increase

The Town of Battleford administration is not proposing any property tax increase for ratepayers for the 2021 budget.Chief Administrative Officer Ash Alam said the proposed budget will be presented at ...

Dec 03, 2020

North Battleford releases fire safety guidelines for Christmas

The City of North Battleford and the North Battleford Fire Department released fire safety tips and guidelines earlier this week, ahead of the Christmas holidays.The release covers several areas for p...

Dec 03, 2020

Council considers steam as replacement for some chemical herbicides

An environmentally friendly weed control method is under consideration by the City of Prince Albert. City parks manager, Tim Yeaman, says Foamstream - a product that uses hot water and steam, insulate...

Dec 03, 2020

Cost of pandemic increases but Prince Albert covered

The impact of the pandemic on Prince Albert's finances has been upgraded, but the city's director of financial services says she feels comfortable heading into the new year. Prince Albert's finance de...

Dec 03, 2020

Humboldt preparing for community Christmas tree lighting

The City of Humboldt will be getting into the Christmas spirit on Thursday night with the community tree lighting.The event takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Civic Park and will also be streamed on Facebook...

Dec 02, 2020

Cost of communication: council considers $140,000 audiovisual system for chamber

Prince Albert city council is supportive of a plan to buy new audiovisual equipment for the council chamber, but the price tag has given some of them pause.The updated system, which will cost up to $1...

Dec 01, 2020