Infrastructure

Water security agency announces infrastructure spending

Two area rural municipalities are welcoming a funding announcement from the provincial water security agency.On Thursday afternoon it was announced over $8 million is being made available to help with...

May 28, 2020

New mapping decreases size of Prince Albert floodplain

In a worst-case flooding scenario, fewer properties in Prince Albert would be impacted than previously thought.A new report commissioned by the City of P.A. shows 1,599 properties fall within the one-...

May 28, 2020

Local school division looking to cut energy costs

Prince Albert Catholic Schools are getting some help to go green.The division has been given $269,000 from the Climate Action Incentive Fund. The initiative is providing money to school divisions acro...

May 26, 2020

Smaller communities respond to provincial infrastructure spending

Some Prince Albert area communities are responding to the provincial government's infrastructure stimulus spending.Earlier this month the province announced plans to spend an additional $2 billion on ...

May 20, 2020

La Ronge council approves $65,000 for BORA contigent on federal funding

La Ronge councillors have approved $65,000 for the Boreal Outdoor Recreation Association (BORA) contingent on the group receiving additional dollars from the federal government. That's according to BO...

May 20, 2020

Planned SaskTel service outage for Watson and surrounding communities

SaskTel services will be unavailable for several local towns overnight.According to SaskTel, crews will be performing maintenance on the network infrastructure serving Watson and nearby communities.Sa...

May 20, 2020

Planned power outages for Humboldt and Colonsay

A couple of planned power outages today in Humboldt and Colonsay.In Humboldt, residents on 10 St. that live in odd numbered houses from 101 to 331 will not have power from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Also those ...

May 19, 2020

Piece of history stamped into concrete outside John M. Cuelenaere Library

The John M. Cuelenaere Library has completed another phase of major renovations, and incorporated a piece of Prince Albert history along the way. On Friday a crew poured fresh concrete outside the lib...

May 18, 2020

P.A. area highways getting upgrades

The provincial government is spending some money to improve two Prince Albert area highways.In a media release the government said they will be adding passing lanes to Highway 2, north of the city, wh...

May 15, 2020

Provincial government announces local highway infrastructure improvements

A number of local highway infrastructure programs have been announced for the 2020-2021 construction season.The provincial government announced a $300 million highways stimulus package earlier this we...

May 15, 2020