City Hall

Finish line in sight for Rotary Trail

The $375,000 in cash allocated from the so-called Husky Energy apology money will not be sufficient to finish the city's Rotary Trail. So, $105,000 of taxpayer money is being used from a reserve fund....

Aug 20, 2019 A recently paved section of the Rotary Trail near the hospital on the west side of town. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)

Nipawin declines campground application, opportunity still open to discuss

A discretionary use proposal for a campground within the Town of Nipawin was declined.Nipawin council decided during their meeting on Aug. 12 to not move forward with an application to create a campgr...

Aug 20, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

City to review funding strategy to cover its share of new handi-bus cost

The City of North Battleford will need to change lanes a little to look for another internal source to cover its share of the cost of the new handi-bus.It had hoped to use additional gas tax funds for...

Aug 20, 2019 The City of North Battleford is looking at its plans to fund its share of the new handi-bus cost. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

P.A. city council bickers about conflict resolution training

In an extraordinary debate that laid bare some of the tension around the municipal political table, Prince Albert city council has decided to spend $3,000 to employ a professional to give them a cours...

Aug 19, 2019 Not playing nicely. A debate about conflict resolution highlighted the underlying tensions around the P.A. council table.(Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)

La Ronge Airport receives federal grant for new grader

A new grader will be purchased for the La Ronge Airport after the federal government approved a $334,000 grant. "The grader we are currently using is a 1976 champion grader and it's well past its serv...

Aug 19, 2019 The tendering process for the grader should be initiated by next week. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

City of P.A. reflects on fraud protection after Saskatoon incident

The City of Prince Albert wants to assure residents they have protections in place to combat fraud.This comes on the heels of the City of Saskatoon announcing they lost $1 million to a fraudster who i...

Aug 17, 2019 (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

A Q&A with councillor candidate Lyndi Marchuk

Councillor candidate Lyndi Marchuk sat down with meadowlakeNOW for an interview ahead of the Sept. 18 byelection. As part of our coverage for both the vacant mayoral and soon-to-come councillor seat, ...

Aug 16, 2019 Lyndi Marchuk will be running for the open Meadow Lake councillor seat this September. (submitted photo/Lyndi Marchuk)

Bylaw passes to close and lease portion of Tremblay Street

A bylaw was passed at a regular La Ronge council meeting Wednesday to close and lease a portion of Tremblay Street.The closure will affect a 13-meter strip of land lying immediately south of La Ronge ...

Aug 16, 2019 Sections of Tremblay Street will be leased to two private companies. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Education key to prevent city from falling victim to fraud

You can have all the security measures in place but it only takes one person to click on a bad link to put an entire organization at risk.Those comments are from the City of North Battleford's IT coor...

Aug 16, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

After Saskatoon fraud incident, City of Melfort confident appropriate security in place

One day after the City of Saskatoon fell victim to a massive online fraud, the City of Melfort is confident they have the measures in place to prevent a similar situation.The City of Saskatoon announc...

Aug 16, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)