Tag Archives: City Hall
City spending $500,000 more on new bus maintenance
Prince Albert taxpayers are ultimately on the hook for the unexpectedly high maintenance costs for the city's new public transit fleet.City council has agreed to increase the maintenance budget for co...
Aug 23, 2019 The city has agreed to boost payments to its bus maintenance contractor by over $500,000 over the next seven years. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
City releases 2018 public accounts; highlights list of 14 earning more than $100K
The City of North Battleford's finance director has disclosed the 2018 public accounts and highlighted a number of high-earning positions as part of his presentation at council's recent meeting.The do...
Aug 23, 2019 North Battleford released a list of the top city wage earners at council's recent meeting. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Traffic lights removed in P.A. downtown
Driving around Prince Albert's downtown just got easier.Five sets of traffic lights designated by the city for removal have now been taken down. The support poles were still up, but they're now missin...
Aug 23, 2019 This looks strange. The pole is still standing but the city has removed the traffic lights that were attached to it. This intersection and four others have seen the end of the red, amber and green. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
P.A. seeks province's input on cutting liquor retail hours
The City of Prince Albert will ask the province if and how it can curtail alcohol retail hours.According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the rate of hospitalizations caused by alcoho...
Aug 23, 2019 Alcohol on sale (File photo/larongeNOW Staff)
Frontier Mall service road to see repairs
Taking a drive down the service road near Frontier Mall will soon be better.Based on administration's recommendation, North Battleford lawmakers agreed to hire G and C Asphalt to upgrade a portion of ...
Aug 22, 2019 Mayor Ryan Bater (above) and North Battleford city council approved work to repair a section of the Frontier Mall service road at its recent meeting. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
City, town approve firm for regional recreation master plan
City and town lawmakers gave a green thumbs up to hire a firm to create a regional parks and recreation master plan to cover both communities.Both councils approved RC Strategies and PERC (Professiona...
Aug 22, 2019 North Battleford lawmakers approved a firm's proposal to create a regional recreation master plan for the city and town. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Special task force created for property crime
Prince Albert police are taking immediate measures to deal with a spike in property crime around the city.The force announced the creation of the special three-officer unit targeting break and enters ...
Aug 22, 2019 A back alley on the east side of the city (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
City takes new direction to make up for financial challenges
Money was on the table at North Battleford city council's meeting, as lawmakers heard the city is facing some financial challenges.The city saw an overall surplus that was just shy of $2 million in 20...
Aug 21, 2019 City of North Battleford Finance Director Steve Brown gives his report at council's meeting Aug. 19. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
City lawmakers plan to update taxi bylaw
The city plans to update its bylaw related to taxi operations to better reflect residents' needs.Council has authorized administration to amend the bylaw and bring it back to council in the fall. The ...
Aug 21, 2019 City of North Battleford Director of Planning and Development Jennifer Niesink discussed amending the taxi bylaw at Monday's meeting. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Group shows support in wake of possible cuts to fire department
Clad in red as a sign of solidarity, a group of about 20 attended North Battleford council's meeting Monday to give a quiet show of support for the city's firefighters, after hearing the department co...
Aug 20, 2019 A group supporting NB firefighters attended city council's meeting en masse Monday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)