Tag Archives: City Hall

Local landlords take issue with proposed rental registration bylaw
Rick Kostiuk choked up while standing at a podium in city council chambers Monday - feeling as though part of his livelihood is being unfairly scrutinized by a contentious proposed bylaw that affects ...
Sep 11, 2024

N.B. ready to commit to new college campus project
The future of North Battleford looks collegiate. Plans for a new North West College campus are complete, and now the city will ink a formal proposal to both the province and the college with hopes to ...
Sep 11, 2024

Contractor begins removal of trees infected with Dutch Elm Disease in Melfort
A crew has arrived in Melfort to try to slow the city's significant Dutch Elm Disease problem. Director of Community Services Rob Lok told northeastNOW the city's tree removal contractor has begun wor...
Sep 11, 2024

Northern Lights Palace scoreboard arrives, but installation won't happen until next summer
A good news, bad news story out of Melfort's council meeting Monday night. In the Community Services Monthly Department Report, Director Rob Lok told council that the new scoreboard for the Northern L...
Sep 10, 2024

Home destroyed by arson to be demolished
The owner of the house on 101st Street in North Battleford will have his property demolished. The house, which caught fire mid-June and was deemed arson, was found in disrepair by the director of prot...
Sep 09, 2024

Nomination packages available for potential candidates
Looking to get into local politics? It's time to get your documentation together. Nomination packages are now available on the City of North Battleford website for both mayoral and councillor hopefuls...
Sep 09, 2024

Hudson Bay's precautionary drinking water advisory to last into next week
The precautionary drinking water advisory in place in Hudson Bay will be sticking around a little while longer. The advisory was put in place Aug. 24 due to high turbidity levels. The town has issued ...
Sep 06, 2024

Resurfacing underway on major stretch of road in Melfort
The much-anticipated resurfacing work on Saskatchewan Drive South is now underway. The work is part of the Urban Highway Connector Program (UHCP). Lydia Steffen was the Director of Public Works with t...
Sep 06, 2024

Former Prince Albert Police chief paid $430K after retirement
The former chief of a beleaguered Saskatchewan police service that was subject to an independent inquiry was paid nearly $430,000 after he retired, public documents show.The documents say Jonathan Ber...
Sep 06, 2024

Mayor says new pool/arena project probably open in Feb/March
Confirming some upcoming selected tours, Mayor Greg Dionne says the new pool and arena project should be ready to open to the public in February or March. He also disputed an online ad claiming the pr...
Sep 05, 2024