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Melfort mayor reacts to provincial budget

The City of Melfort didn't see much for highlights with the provincial budget announcements on Wednesday.Mayor Rick Lang referred to the 2019-20 budget as 'unexciting.'Lang told northeastNOW he was ho...

Mar 21, 2019 Melfort City Hall. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Melfort mayor reacts to federal budget

The city of Melfort and area will feel some effects from yesterday's federal budget announcements.The main one according to Mayor Rick Lang will be the carbon tax implementation which will increase mu...

Mar 20, 2019 Melfort City Hall. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Dionne hopes province considers P.A. hospital in budget

Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne says he would love to hear some good news about a big-ticket want when the province announces the 2019 budget details today, but he's not expecting much either. Ahead o...

Mar 20, 2019 Prince Albert's Victoria Hospital. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

City planning committee looks at preserving urban forest

Preserving the urban forest from disease and infestation was the focus of Monday's planning committee meeting for the City of North Battleford.Leisure Services Director Cheryl DeNeire presented a repo...

Mar 19, 2019 Gordon Whitton, the City of North Battleford parks supervisor, right, pictured at Monday’s planning committee meeting. Administration presented a report on protecting the city’s urban forest during the event. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Little debate at public hearing over Lake Estates rental housing plans

Local city councillors expressed support once again for the sale of a parcel of land in an upscale gated community in the city's West Hill area, but stopped short of endorsing a rezoning request for t...

Mar 19, 2019 A large crowd filled City Council chambers Monday evening for a public hearing on the development of property in Lake Estates, where Developer Curtis Lemieux also spoke about plans for rental units. (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW Staff)

Negligent dog owners leave park users steaming

As the snow rapidly melts at Little Red River Park, an unsightly mess has some park users turning up their noses.The dog feces that have not been picked up over the past few months, and covered up by ...

Mar 18, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

City dealing with water line breaks following extreme cold

The extreme cold that lingered over much of the winter is causing infrastructure problems for local city crews despite the warmer weather of late. The City of Prince Albert issued a notice to resident...

Mar 16, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Residents voice concern over plan for rental properties in Lake Estates

Local residents are voicing concerns over plans to develop a series of rental units in an affluent gated community on the city's west side. Nearly a dozen residents with property at Lake Estates on So...

Mar 15, 2019 Several local residents have submitted letters to Prince Albert City Council opposing the sale of a parcel of land in Lake Estates for the development of rental units. (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW Staff)

Snow depth levels remain high in La Ronge

Residents of the tri-communities should be mindful of flooding as the snow begins to melt. As of March 13, there was still 48 centimeters of snow on the ground, which is among the highest levels in al...

Mar 15, 2019 The Montreal River in Air Ronge is starting to flow more swiftly. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Nipawin finalizes another portion of pool project

With snow melting as a sign that swim season is coming, the Town of Nipawin selected the next contractor to work on a portion of the pool project. Council went with the ACS Contracting Ltd's bid of ju...

Mar 15, 2019 (Facebook/Nipawin Kinettes)