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City of Melfort seeking input ahead of establishing art policy

Throughout 2019, staff members from the City of Melfort have been seeking ideas and recommendations for its first public art policy.The art policy's blueprint was presented by Brent Lutz, Melfort's di...

Oct 02, 2019 Brent Lutz (left) presenting the City of Melfort's plans for a public art policy to numerous members of the city's art community. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Council approves policy for E.A. Rawlinson Fund

Prince Albert city council has thrashed out a clear future for a half a million-dollar fund earmarked for the E.A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts. Previously the money had been managed by the P.A. and ...

Oct 02, 2019 Inside the John and Olive Diefenbaker Theatre at the E.A. Rawlinson Centre. (File photo/paNOW staff)

Special council meeting to decide potential Humboldt crematorium’s fate

Owners of a Humboldt funeral home will have their judgement day on if they can install a crematorium on their property.The City of Humboldt will hold a special council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 8 where...

Oct 01, 2019 Malinoski and Danyluik Funeral Home. (Facebook/Mike Yager)

Cost of proposed back alley bylaw: $150,000

Prince Albert city council has heard that a controversial bylaw they are pursuing would be the first of its kind in Canada and come with a $150,000 price tag. The proposed bylaw that would allow polic...

Oct 01, 2019 A graphic shows back alleys that would be restricted under a proposed bylaw, lanes in residential zones are shown in blue while lanes in commercial/industrial zones are red. (council agenda/City of P.A.)

Man with 29 property-related offences, receives four-month jail sentence

As Prince Albert City Council mulls over a possible bylaw affecting back alley traffic, a man who was caught this month wheeling a stolen barbecue down a back alley in the city's midtown area, was in ...

Oct 01, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Special council meeting to decide potential Humboldt crematorium’s fate

Owners of a Humboldt funeral home will have their judgment day soon to see if they can install a crematorium on their property.The City of Humboldt will hold a special council meeting on Tuesday, Oct....

Oct 01, 2019 Malinoski and Danyluik Funeral Home. (Facebook/Mike Yager)

Melfort's Fall Cleanup Week Approaching

There's a chance to get rid of your yard waste before winter hits.Fall Cleanup Week in the city of Melfort is Oct.12 through 20.Director of Development, Planning, and Communications Brent Lutz said du...

Oct 01, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Eighty new trees planted in Humboldt

Branching out.Humboldt Home Hardware and the City of Humboldt, in conjunction with Tree Canada and the Westminster Scouts in Humboldt, have planted 80 large trees in the city.General Manager of Humbol...

Sep 27, 2019 (Community Leisure Services, City of Humboldt/Facebook)

Milk crates no longer welcome at Raider games

One of the more iconic symbols of the Prince Albert Raiders 2019 Championship campaign has been given a permanent game misconduct.According to standard procedure for public buildings, the City of Prin...

Sep 27, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Traffic light removal results in no increase in incidents

Officials says there has not been any change in the incident rate at the Prince Albert downtown intersections where five sets of traffic lights were removed a month ago.The city approved their removal...

Sep 27, 2019 The intersection of 12th Street and First Avenue W. is where one of five sets of traffic lights were recently removed in the P.A. downtown. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)