Tag Archives: Infrastructure

Melfort, Tisdale, Cumberland House receive assistance in flood map update, expansion
Three communities in the northeast will benefit from funding to update and expand flood maps. The Water Security Agency (WSA) and Natural Resources Canada are committing $9 million on a 50/50 cost-sha...
Jul 04, 2024

Traffic safety grants awarded to local communities
Several local communities are getting funding for traffic safety-based programs. The Provincial Traffic Safety Fund grants are being handed out to 55 projects across Saskatchewan,totalling $1.3 millio...
Jul 04, 2024

Council approves $12m loan for Humboldt Wastewater Treatment Facility
Humboldt City Council has approved a construction loan of $12 million from RBC Royal Bank for a key infrastructure project. The City is building a new Wastewater Treatment Facility and upgrading a pai...
Jun 28, 2024

Federal, provincial infrastructure funding to help local communities
Several local communities are benefitting from infrastructure funding from the federal and provincial governments. The Investing in Canada Infrastructure Plan will support the local projects. The Town...
Jun 28, 2024

Start of $28 million Highway 102 upgrade delayed
The start of a $28 million project to enhance Highway 102 between La Ronge and Sucker River has been delayed. That's according to an email from the Ministry of Highways to larongeNOW, which states the...
Jun 20, 2024
Provincial grant very important to Tisdale Curling Club
The Government of Saskatchewan has sent out grants to skating and curling ice surfaces across the province, with many communities included having been in the northeast.One in particular is the Tisdale...
Jun 20, 2024
City plans to keep bridge free of work during business day
The City of Prince Albert is doing its best to keep unnecessary work from being done on the Diefenbaker Bridge from Monday to Friday and during the day. On Monday evening, council passed a motion in f...
Jun 18, 2024
New federal funding guarantees completion of Wollaston Lake road project
A final capital injection of $49 million from the federal government will secure the completion of an all-season road for Wollaston Lake and Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation by the end of next fall. Tha...
Jun 17, 2024

SaskTel installs new 5G monopole tower in La Ronge
A new tower erected in La Ronge last week will boost 5G capacity in the area. That's according to an email to larongeNOW from SaskTel, which states they are replacing an existing tower structure with ...
Jun 11, 2024

New school in Melfort on provincial waitlist
The North East School division remains on a waitlist to build a new school in Melfort. The division's plan is to replace Brunswick and Reynolds elementary schools with a new facility. Brunswick was bu...
Jun 10, 2024