Infrastructure

Transwest Air and West Wind Aviation make altimeter fix

Transwest Air and West Wind Aviation say they took immediate action to get an altimeter issue fixed with all their planes Tuesday. The company said it was part of a maintenance audit by Transport Cana...

Oct 02, 2019 A West Wind Aviation aircraft. (Westwindaviation.ca)

Council approves policy for E.A. Rawlinson Fund

Prince Albert city council has thrashed out a clear future for a half a million-dollar fund earmarked for the E.A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts. Previously the money had been managed by the P.A. and ...

Oct 02, 2019 Inside the John and Olive Diefenbaker Theatre at the E.A. Rawlinson Centre. (File photo/paNOW staff)

Traffic light removal results in no increase in incidents

Officials says there has not been any change in the incident rate at the Prince Albert downtown intersections where five sets of traffic lights were removed a month ago.The city approved their removal...

Sep 27, 2019 The intersection of 12th Street and First Avenue W. is where one of five sets of traffic lights were recently removed in the P.A. downtown. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan Drive resurfacing wrapping up

The project completed on one of Melfort's busiest roads is almost complete.Director of Development, Planning, and Community Relations Brent Lutz told northeastNOW the paving crew has completed the res...

Sep 26, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Internet improvements coming to local communities

Several local communities are getting an internet boost from SaskTel.The company is launching interNET Extended 50 in 19 rural centres across the province.Local communities receiving the upgrade Sept....

Sep 26, 2019 (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)

R.M. of Birch Hills landfill report made public

The report into a proposed large scale regional waste landfill in the R.M. of Birch Hills has been made public and the reeve is welcoming further feedback.Independent third-party consultant Tetra Tech...

Sep 23, 2019 With ever-increasing pressures on landfill sites like the one at Prince Albert, the R.M. of Birch Hills is mulling a proposal for a large regional non-hazardous landfill cell south of Highway 3. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

A new vision for P.A. playgrounds

An ambitious plan for Prince Albert's playgrounds is set to be unveiled at an October city council meeting. The report is an inventory of the 30 playgrounds in the city, with individual recommendation...

Sep 20, 2019 In June, a state-of-the-art $1,000,000 playground with considerations for kids with disabilities was opened at the Alfred Jenkins Fieldhouse. The funding for that project came from the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Project. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

SaskPower blames customers for high bills in Southend

SaskPower has completed an internal review of high electrical bills in Southend and determined they are related to customer power usage and activity.That's according to SaskPower spokesperson Joel Che...

Sep 20, 2019 SaskPower officials visited Southend this year and inspected assets. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Councillor claims he was lied to about speed bump

Two months after a new playground was built, Crescent Acres residents are concerned about speeding cars. They want to see a speed bump installed on Muzzy Drive across from the park. "There's a lot of ...

Sep 19, 2019 The playground on Muzzy Drive cost just over $100,000 and opened in July (Michael Joel-Hanson/paNOW staff)

100 St. officially open after two months of construction

With the snip of a ribbon, Mayor Ryan Bater officially reopened 100 St. after two months of construction.Heralded as another step forward in downtown revitalization, the work included infrastructure r...

Sep 19, 2019