Tag Archives: Community
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)
Police and others team up to promote road safety
The Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) is in Prince Albert.The initiative brings together police officers from a number of police services along with those working in public safety education...
Aug 22, 2019 P.A. Police and RCMP are working together to promote driving safety as part of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Packed house takes in Pride Week drag show
It was an evening of music and entertainment.For the first time, Battlefords Pride hosted a family-friendly drag show as part of Pride Week festivities. Mika Kahnapace was one of the performers. She s...
Aug 22, 2019 Former North Battleford resident Celine Dejion performs during the inaugural Pride Week drag show. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW 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)
Longtime P.A. chiropractor prepares for retirement
A career that has spanned over five decades is coming to an end for a man who has helped give back to his community in more ways than one.On Thursday, Reg Martsinkiw will leave for his office at Victo...
Aug 22, 2019 Reg Martsinkiw. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
AAA Stars add former NHLer, Jones to coaching staff
The Saskatchewan Midget Hockey League's (SMHL) Battlefords AAA Stars have hired former NHLer Blair Jones as an assistant coach for the upcoming 2019-20 season. Jones started his career in the SMHL, pl...
Aug 22, 2019 Blair Jones played over 130 games in the NHL, with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Calgary Flames. He hopes the experience will benefit the next generation of players from behind the bench, assisting Stars' head coach Brett Parker. (Twitter/BattlefordsAAAStars)
New police unit set to hit the streets
The Prince Albert Police Service will launch a new unit next month.The Community Policing Unit will be made up of two police officers, who according to Sgt. Travis Willie will have some specific goals...
Aug 22, 2019 The community policing unit will have a presence in the downtown among other areas (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Speeding through work zones remains an issue: SGI
Highway workers in the province are still dealing with people speeding through their workplaces.Numbers released by SGI on Thursday showed that 138 tickets were issued across the province in July to d...
Aug 22, 2019 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
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)
Hoback’s passport tour continuing throughout the northeast
Prince Albert's Member of Parliament (MP) Randy Hoback is halfway through his passport and barbecue tour of Northeast Saskatchewan.The passport tour has been an annual event for Hoback. He told northe...
Aug 22, 2019 Applications and envelopes are laid out when Prince Albert MP Randy Hoback and his staff help northeast residents with passport applications. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)