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Fish "baskets" at water treatment plant to cost $1 million
Plans for Prince Albert's new raw water pump house are coming along less than swimmingly. As city councillors contend with news the major infrastructure project will be significantly pricier than init...
Nov 20, 2019 The current filter at the raw water pump house allows small fish into the water treatment plant. The federal government says that shouldn't happen.(Council agenda package/City of P.A.)
Prince Albert named one of Canada's most dangerous cities
According to a recent article by Maclean's magazine, Prince Albert is the sixth most dangerous city in Canada.The ranking was based on the 2018 crime severity index (CSI), which measures the number of...
Nov 20, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Did penny-pinching cost city of P.A. on pump house price?
Prince Albert city councillors are grappling with news that the cost of a new facility at the water treatment plant will be over double the amount quoted to them by a consulting firm last year.The rev...
Nov 19, 2019 The raw water pump house supplies the water treatment facility from the North Saskatchewan River. Parts of the pump house building are nearly 100 years old. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
'I believe this will change the face of the downtown': new police substation now open
The cutting of a thick line of yellow police tape helped mark the official opening of the Prince Albert Police Service's new downtown substation.The building which used to house the Conexus Credit Uni...
Nov 19, 2019 Sheryl Kimbley, Chair of the Prince Albert Board of Police Commission, is joined at the ribbon cutting by Police Chief Jon Bergen, Mayor Greg Dionner, PAGC Vice Chief Joseph Tsannie, Elder Jacob Sanderson. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Wyllie Crescent found to not meet requirements for speed bumps
Residents of a Carlton Park street will not get the traffic calming measures for which they petitioned. A study found that 85 per cent of cars on Wyllie Crescent drive 44 km/h or slower, only four kil...
Lisa Brady Nov 19, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Proposed back alley bylaw cost reduced as next steps discussed
Prince Albert city council has learned that a proposed curfew would be significantly cheaper to implement than initially estimated, but careful consideration and consultation is required going forward...
Nov 19, 2019 A graphic shows back alleys that would be restricted under a proposed bylaw.Lanes in residential zones are shown in blue while lanes in commercial/industrial zones are red. (council agenda/City of P.A.)
Town still putting final wrapping on proposed budget
Battleford residents will soon have an opportunity to see the town's proposed budget for 2020 which it plans to present before Christmas. The town expects to release the first draft to the public in t...
Nov 19, 2019 Mayor Ames Leslie shown at a prior council meeting. The Town of Battleford is getting closer to releasing its proposed new budget for the year ahead. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Website allows for live-tracking of P.A. buses
As Prince Albert residents prepare for the icy embrace of months of freezing temperatures, the city is promoting its bus tracking service as a way to avoid spending too much time out in the cold. By v...
Nov 16, 2019 A screen grab of the transit tracking site shows the locations of buses in Prince Albert. (Transitlivepa)
River Street to be named in multiple languages
Residents of Prince Albert will soon have a chance to see the first results of the city's Indigenous naming initiative.Expected by the end of the year, a new signpost will be erected at the intersecti...
Nov 14, 2019 The new signpost will be erected near the intersection of Central Ave. and River St. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
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News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with reporter Alison Sandstrom about a proposed bicycle helmet bylaw.
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