Infrastructure

Saskatchewan Drive in Melfort to be repaved

Saskatchewan Drive in Melfort will be receiving a makeover this summer.Beginning on Tuesday, May 21, work will begin on the major Melfort road as the city repaves a stretch ranging from Anderson Avenu...

May 17, 2019 Saskatchewan Drive from Main Street East. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

Area airport set to see improvements

The Birch Hills Airport will be able to make some valuable upgrades with new funding from the provincial government. Last week the Government of Saskatchewan announced nine municipal airports in the p...

May 15, 2019 The Birch Hills Airport is going to be getting some upgrades soon. (submitted photo/Bryce Meyer)

'Thanks a million': Retirement on the horizon for Kevin and Cora Leung

An era is coming to an end at Country North Shell in La Ronge as owners Kevin and Cora Leung have sold their business to Lake Country Co-op.The hand over is expected to occur at the end of this month ...

May 14, 2019 Cora and Kevin Leung will close their business May 28. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

La Ronge capital budget includes major improvements to Patterson Park

The 2019 Town of La Ronge capital budget was approved at a regular council meeting last week and the document includes heavy spending at Patterson Park.The total budget, which doesn't include operatio...

May 13, 2019 New lighting and a boardwalk are some of the items councillors are planning for in Patterson Park. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Can decoy cops work in P.A.?

Prince Albert's police department has no plans to use cardboard cut-out cops to help tackle speeding as some other communities have. However, at least one local city councillor figures it's worth tryi...

May 13, 2019 So-called Scarecrow Cops have been used to good effect in B.C., and Lloydminster will also give them a try. (Submitted/Coquitlam RCMP)

Province reminds drivers to be aware on highways

Spring has arrived in Saskatchewan, and with the change in weather, drivers will notice changes to roads throughout the province.The province's highways will be seeing some more activity as spring see...

May 12, 2019

Province reminds drivers to be aware on highways

Spring has arrived in Saskatchewan, and with the change in weather, drivers will notice changes to roads throughout the province.The province's highways will be seeing some more activity as spring see...

May 12, 2019 Spring can be a busy time for the province's highways (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

Area highways voted some of worst roads in CAA's 2019 campaign

CAA is back with its annual list of the top ten worst roads in the province as voted by motorists. Topping the list are two area highways - Highway 26 outside of Goodsoil and Highway 21 by Paradise Hi...

May 10, 2019 Highway 26 outside of Goodsoil was voted as the worst road in the province in CAA's annual worst road campaign. (supplied photo/CAA)

Local business gets major diamond project contract

A Prince Albert company has been awarded the contract for one of the key elements of the proposed diamond mine at Forte la Corne, around 60 kilometres east of the city. The project - to assemble, comm...

May 09, 2019 Impact Mechanical Services Ltd's co-owners Roy Michel, (left) and Andrew Herbert, check the plans for the diamond processing plant they'll assemble for Rio Tinto's Project Falcon. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)

Representatives from smaller communities meet in P.A.

Elected representatives and administrators from towns, villages and smaller communities were in Prince Albert Thursday to talk shop. The sector meeting, which is an annual event, was organized by the ...

May 09, 2019 SUMA President Gordon Barnhart speaking to those in attendance Thursday afternoon (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)