By Michael Joel-Hansen

Crokicurl comes to P.A.

City hall now home to crokicurl rink

Feb 12, 2019 | 5:03 PM

Prince Albert city hall is now home to the city’s first crokicurl rink.

The rink is a cooperative effort involving the City of Prince Albert and the Prince Albert Downtown Business Improvement District.

Carolyn Carleton, the executive director with the downtown business improvement district, told paNOW she noticed a buzz about the rink.

“A lot of people in the city are excited about it, just not people wanting to come and play it, but other people that are backing it and support it to make it happen, so that’s been really encouraging,” she said.

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Members of the local fire department flooded the rink after a local contractor designed the frame. The rink came after approval from the city.

Labourers were throwing down snow on top of the vapor barrier before the flooding. Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff.

“There’s a lot of trick stuff in behind the scenes,” she said.

Carleton explained the process was one which was quite different for her when compared with what she normally does as part of her job.

“Getting ice paint was something I’d never thought I’d be buying or doing, so yes, it’s been interesting to learn all the things to make this happen,” she said.Before the fire department got to work flooding the surface, contractors from a local contractor went to work shoring up the frame and laying down snow on top of the vapour barrier which the ice will sit on.

When all is said and done, Carleton said the new rink is expected to cost $15,000 for the entire season. She said the initiative to get the rink going got support from a number of groups. These groups ranged from the municipal cultural action plan, the P.A. winter festival and Mainstreet Events.

One of the biggest supporters of the project was the Northern Lights Community Development Fund, which made a generous contribution.

“They gave $12,000,” Carleton said.

Carleton hopes people will be able to use the rink until March. After the season the city has agreed to store the frame and other components at the municipal yard.

For her part Carleton said now that everything for the rink is built, it will be much easier to set up and get going in the future.

“We’re good to do after this,” she said.

Carolyn Carleton with P.A. Downtown Improvement District talking with firefighters before the flooding of the rink. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

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