Tag Archives: City Hall
COVID-19: No immediate public facility closures in P.A.
There will be no immediate public facility closures in Prince Albert as a result of COVID-19.In a statement released Friday, the City of Prince Albert said emergency operations staff were monitoring t...
Mar 13, 2020 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Prince Albert working on COVID-19 plan
Top city of Prince Albert staff spent Wednesday and Thursday in meetings working on a plan in response to the threat of COVID-19.The city is in the process of tweaking its existing municipal emergency...
Mar 12, 2020 City Manager Jim Toye during a city council meeting. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Local lawyer launches petition opposing curfew bylaw
A Prince Albert legal aid lawyer is raising concerns about the city's proposed back alley curfew. The bylaw would ban people from being in the alleyways from midnight to 6 a.m. Exceptions are also bei...
Mar 05, 2020 A Prince Albert legal aid lawyer has concerns about the city's proposed back alley bylaw. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
P.A. council rejects homeowner's smart meter exemption request
Prince Albert city council's executive committee has rejected a request from a resident to be exempt from having a new smart water meter installed in her home. The resident - who has so far not had th...
Mar 04, 2020 All homeowners were expected to have the new smart water meter installed by Dec. 9 last year (file photo/paNOW Staff)
City sells downtown police building to orthodontist
Prince Albert city council has approved the sale of a downtown police building to a local orthodontic practice.The city received three offers on the office building which was listed for sale in Januar...
Feb 26, 2020 This Prince Albert Police Service Criminal Investigations Division building at 15-15th St. E. will become an orthodontic practice. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Thousands of visitors expected for games in P.A.
Prince Albert city council has approved $75,000 worth of funding for a massive sporting event coming to P.A. this spring.The Tony Cote Winter Games will feature over 3,000 athletes aged 10 to 18 from ...
Feb 25, 2020 Athletes during the opening ceremony of the 2019 Tony Cote Summer Games held in Flying Dust First Nation. (File Photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Drinking water advisory issued in Birch Hills
Birch Hills is under a precautionary drinking water advisory, but the town administrators are hopeful the advisory is lifted by Wednesday.The Water Security Agency (WSA) issued the advisory on Saturda...
Feb 25, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
City seeks help to fund estimated $15 million project
Prince Albert may get some help from the federal and provincial governments on an expensive new project at the water treatment plant. The new raw water pump house has been a source of distress for cou...
Feb 25, 2020 A federal-provincial grant could provide up to $11 million toward the new pump house on the river. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
P.A. establishes curfew on walkways, exempts Rotary Trail
Prince Albert city council has banned access to public walkways between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m., adding a last minute amendment to exempt the Rotary Trail. Council gave the curfew, aimed at combatting prop...
Feb 25, 2020 Coun. Terra Lennox-Zepp has been a vocal opponent of the bylaw. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Curfew and big ticket item set to dominate council meeting
Prince Albert city council could vote to close public walkways between the hours of 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. at Monday night's city council meeting.The bylaw aimed at combatting property crime passed first ...
Feb 24, 2020 Monday's city council meeting will start at 5 p.m. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
