Infrastructure

Highway upgrades planned next year north and east of Prince Albert

With the 2019 highway construction season almost in the rearview mirror, the provincial government has already started looking at next year's workload.Among the over 45 planned highway improvement pro...

Oct 17, 2019 Calls for action west of Spruce Home, have not gone unnoticed by the provincial government. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Water tower in North Battleford undergoing upgrades

Residents of the Battlefords will be sure to notice construction taking place this week on the water tower. The city is having cathodic protection added to the inside of the tower. Cathodic protection...

Oct 17, 2019 (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

One P.A. neighbourhood to have temporary power cut on Friday

Some Prince Albert residents will be without power temporarily Friday.SaskPower will be replacing underground cables in the city's southeast. To do this, residents living on Bliss and Eagle Crescents ...

Oct 17, 2019 Residents on Eagle and Bliss Crescents will be without power temporarily (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Solar company makes pitch for new net metering program

A local solar energy company says SaskPower is in the dark on embracing and regulating the technology in Saskatchewan."If you look at the solar resource map for Canada, Saskatchewan is the sweet spot....

Oct 14, 2019 Mo’ Solar Company owner Bradyn Parisian. (Evan Radford/CKOM)

Quick tips for Rotary Trail etiquette

P.A. resident Andrew Johnson walks his two dogs, a huskie and a mastiff, on the Rotary Trail every day. He said he's never had a problem, until a recent experience left him confused."I was like 'there...

Oct 12, 2019 The north section of the Rotary Trail which runs along the river. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOWstaff)

Rotary Trail now officially complete

The smell of hot asphalt filled the air as crews finished the last meters of the Rotary Trail, with some help from city officials.Nineteen years after the project began, Thursday's ceremonial shovelin...

Oct 10, 2019 Mayor Greg Dionne (left), Dave Fischl (centre) and Coun. Don Cody (right) use shovels to spread asphalt onto the last meter of the Rotary Trail. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

Lt.-Gov. of Sask. Heritage Award given to Melfort for historic post office window project

The city of Melfort has been honoured for their work on the windows at the historic post office.The project received one of three Saskatchewan Heritage Awards in the Physical Heritage Conservation cat...

Oct 10, 2019 Window replacement at Melfort's historic post office. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Busy summer at Kinsmen Water Park

Despite an unseasonably cold and rainy summer, Kinsmen Water Park's latest season was the busiest it's seen in six years, with 30,098 visits registered from June to August. The high attendance is bein...

Oct 08, 2019 A child using one of the slides at Kinsmen Water Park. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

No provincial funding coming for Fond du Lac runway expansion

There will be no provincial funding coming for the expansion of the Fond du Lac Airport runway.That's according to Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure Assistant Director David Horth, who said ther...

Oct 08, 2019 The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure remain committed to working with the First Nation. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Work continues on Humboldt Broncos crash site

Motorists will experience delays if they're travelling through the intersection of Highways 35 and 335, otherwise known as the Armley Corner.The province is continuing work on the intersection after r...

Oct 08, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)