Infrastructure

SaskPower experiences brief outage Wednesday morning in Prince Albert

SaskPower has determined what caused the power outage early-Wednesday morning."There was an issue with a transformer at a substation. It's not entirely clear what caused the issue but it's possible th...

Jan 15, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

No tax break for P.A. affordable housing building

It appears Prince Albert city council looks set not to double up on benefits for a new affordable housing building, pending final approval at an upcoming meeting. The P.A. Community Housing Society as...

Jan 14, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Home buying incentive nears approval

Most P.A. city councillors are enthusiastic about a new incentive designed to help more people in the city buy homes.Pending final approval from council, the program will help qualifying home buyers c...

Jan 14, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Melfort council doubles borrowing capacity ahead of waterline grant applications

Melfort council approved an increase in the city's external borrowing capacity to $17 million during their Jan. 13 council meeting.The new number is more than double the previous $8 million limit set ...

Jan 14, 2020 The City of Melfort is expanding its borrowing capacity to help address a massive water line replacement project (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff).

Snow removal underway in Melfort

Following a significant snowfall over the weekend, crews from the City of Melfort are working to make the streets look like streets again.Director of Development, Planning, and Community Relations Bre...

Jan 13, 2020 City crews were out early Monday morning to clear snow on Main Street. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

Windchills will blast west-central Saskatchewan this week

The daytime high for the North Pole is projected to be -26 Celsius on Monday and Prince Albert, Sask. is only going to be two degrees warmer with a daytime high of -24 C.Out of the cooler, into the de...

Jan 13, 2020 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

Local RM receiving grants from SGI to improve safety

The Rural Municipality of St. Louis is getting some support from Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI).The RM south of the City of Prince Albert is getting over $7,000 from the Crown-owned corporati...

Jan 12, 2020 Speed bumps and extra signage will be going up near the school in Bellevue in the RM of St. Louis. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

Natural gas usage records could fall during cold snap

The temperatures have plunged to their lowest so far this winter.The province's natural gas utility said they would not be shocked if new records are hit in gas consumption over this cold snap."It's n...

Jan 10, 2020 Temperatures have fallen to the lowest so far this winter. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

Prince Albert compiles list of veterans and politicians for future street names

The City of P.A. has created a list of 14 names to be used for future streets, pending final approval from council.Five of the names on the list represent politicians, including councillor and former ...

Jan 10, 2020 The next street in the city will be named for Thomas Settee. (inmemoriam.ca)

West Flat playground to be replaced

A West Flat park is getting a $100,000 upgrade. The city has decided to replace the small play structure at Lions Park off 13th Street West with a much larger modern one. Tenders for the design, suppl...

Jan 10, 2020 This structure, installed in 2008, is set to be removed and replaced with a much larger modern playground at Lions Park near the Bernice Sayese Centre. (Council Agenda/City of P.A.)