Tag Archives: Infrastructure
Rosetown Co-op Agro Centre ‘a total loss’ after Saturday fire
The community of Rosetown is grappling with a major loss this weekend after a fire late Saturday night, burned the town's Co-op Agro Centre to the ground.General Manager Mike Moon said the office and ...
Oct 27, 2019 Rosetown's Co-op Agro Centre is ‘a total loss’ after a fire late Saturday. (supplied)
SaskPower, MLTC sign power agreement for 8 MW of biomass power
SaskPower and the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) have signed a power purchase agreement for up to eight megawatts of biomass power.The Indigenous-owned MLTC Bioenergy Centre will be the first of it...
Oct 25, 2019 Minister of Trade & Export Development Jeremy Harrison, Makwa Sahgaiehcan FN Chief Ronald Mitsuing, Meadow Lake Tribal Chief Richard Ben, Flying Dust First Nation Chief Jeremy Norman, SaskPower President and CEO Mike Marsh, and Sylvia Bekkattla. (supplied/SaskPower)
Ministry to undertake audit of Sask. Hospital after water advisory
The Ministry of Central Services will undertake a complete audit of the Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford (SHNB) after a string of complications at the new $407 million facility.Warnings have gon...
Oct 25, 2019 The entire roof on the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford has to be replaced. It opened in November 2018. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Province investigates high copper, lead levels in water at Saskatchewan Hospital
Recent water testing at the Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford (SHNB) has shown signs of irregularities and inconsistency that "indicate levels of copper or lead may be higher than desirable.""The...
Oct 24, 2019
Contract awarded for design of new P.A. road
Prince Albert city council is moving ahead with plans to build a road circling the southwest corner of the city connecting Marquis Road with 10th Ave.W.The arterial road would allow for major developm...
Oct 23, 2019 The red line shows an approximation of where the new road would be. (Google Maps)
Town Hall rehabilitation about ‘community building’ as public consultation underway
Battleford Town Hall was built in 1912 and included a European style opera house on the upper floor.It was used for school plays, high school graduations, dances and other community gatherings. The wa...
Oct 23, 2019 Battleford Town Hall. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Precautionary Drinking Water Advisory in place for sections of Air Ronge
Two entire streets in Air Ronge are now under a Precautionary Drinking Water Advisory. All residences on Aztec Street and Otter Street are under the Precautionary Drinking Water Advisory effectively i...
Oct 22, 2019 The advisory could be in place for three or four days. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
P.A. mayor aims to keep tax increase in check
Mayor Greg Dionne said he will fight to lower the 4.9 per cent tax increase recommended by city administration in the proposed 2020 budget released this week. "The cost of living is always a challenge...
Oct 18, 2019 Mayor Greg Dionne. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Several regional highway upgrades planned for 2020
As the 2019 construction season comes to a close, the province is preparing for 2020. It will tender $259.8 million of highway construction as part of the fall tender plan, which includes 45 planned p...
Oct 18, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Duck Lake to get provincial, federal funding for landfill decommission
The Town of Duck Lake is getting support from both the provincial and federal governments.Both levels of government have agreed to contribute over $200,000 to help the town get the ball rolling in dec...
Oct 17, 2019 The Duck Lake landfill is set to close June 2020. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)