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Meadow Lake City Council signs off on 2020 budget

The City of Meadow Lake has wrapped up the 2020 budget and the region will see an increase in municipal taxes at 1.6 per cent. Council deliberated for months on the outcome of Monday's budget meeting ...

Dec 10, 2019 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Melfort Council approves slight increase in water and sewer rates

Residents in the City of Melfort will have their monthly water and sewer bills go up by about a toonie. While the immediate increase is almost non-existent, the city has five years in which to get on ...

Dec 10, 2019 Melfort has had numerous water main breaks in 2019, including this one on Saskatchewan Drive in January. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

P.A. city council passes 2020 budget

P.A. city council has passed the 2020 budget in a narrow 5-4 vote. Council had approved the budget during deliberations in November, but the final decision came after an hour and half of sometimes ten...

Dec 10, 2019 Councillors during recent budget deliberations (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW staff)

2020 city budget expected to pass Monday night

Prince Albert city council is expected to pass its 2020 budget on Monday night.The general fund budget includes a 2.9 per cent tax increase, with a focus on infrastructure spending. Meanwhile, the uti...

Dec 09, 2019 Councillors during budget deliberations on Nov. 7, 2019 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

Melfort heliport open house being held this weekend

An open house will be held later this week to provide more information on the construction of a helipad in Melfort.The STARS heliport public open house will start at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Ke...

Dec 09, 2019 The proposed site of the Melfort helipad, at the corner of Higgins Ave. W and West St. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Town of Battleford proposing one per cent municipal tax increase

The Town of Battleford is proposing a one per cent municipal tax increase in its first draft of its proposed 2020 budget that will be presented at its meeting tonight. No increase is proposed for util...

Dec 05, 2019 The Town of Battleford is presenting its proposed budget for 2020 at a special meeting at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Nipawin aiming to put money in reserves and stay within three per cent tax increase

The Town of Nipawin is still in the draft phase of its budget discussions, but council has expressed two financial goals for 2020.Put money towards reserves and keep taxes within a two and a half to a...

Dec 05, 2019 Nipawin Town Hall (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

Residents urged to help Town of Nipawin ahead of significant snowfalls

The Town of Nipawin is asking residents to help them out when it comes to clearing snow in the community.While there isn't much snow yet, the town is urging people to allow the Public Works department...

Dec 05, 2019 (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Town of Nipawin to put Humboldt Strong donation toward heliport

Nearly one year after receiving a $100,000 donation from the Humboldt Strong Foundation, the Town of Nipawin decided how it'll be dispersed.During a special meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 4, Nipawin counc...

Dec 04, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Proposed budget continues city's aim to reduce costs

The City of North Battleford's proposed 2020 budget may reflect a two per cent increase each in taxes and utility rates but Finance Director Steve Brown said it could have been worse, without the city...

Dec 03, 2019 City of North Battleford Finance Director Steve Brown presented the 2020 proposed budget at the deliberation meeting Monday. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)