Tag Archives: City Hall
New conference to highlight young voices
A youth led conference is being planned for May next year in Prince Albert. Voices of our Youth (Weyawaw Oki Osakayak Pekiskwewina) will bring together non-profits and other service providers working ...
Oct 29, 2019 Jingle dress dancers at the 2019 Heart of the Youth Powwow in Prince Albert. A youth led conference is being planned for the day before the powwow in 2020. (Brady Bateman/paNOW staff)
Melfort searching for new fire chief
Melfort is on the hunt for a new fire chief.Jason Everitt is leaving his role as fire chief with the city at the end of the year to take a position as the fire chief in Whitehorse, Yukon.Everitt has s...
Oct 28, 2019 Jason Everitt (r) is leaving his position as Melfort's fire chief at the end of the year (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Task force lowers property crime in Prince Albert
The average number of break and enters in Prince Albert month-to-month has dropped since July, and a big reason for that is the work of a special police task force.The temporarily assigned suppression...
Oct 28, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
P.A. city council ponders live streaming meetings
Prince Albert city council is considering live streaming council meetings on their website, YouTube, and social media channels."For us to offer our residents access to what goes on in the council cham...
Oct 24, 2019 An August council meeting (Glenn Hicks/paNOW staff)
Contract awarded for design of new P.A. road
Prince Albert city council is moving ahead with plans to build a road circling the southwest corner of the city connecting Marquis Road with 10th Ave.W.The arterial road would allow for major developm...
Oct 23, 2019 The red line shows an approximation of where the new road would be. (Google Maps)
Young cancer survivor honoured
P.A. city council honoured a 13-year-old cancer survivor on Tuesday.Elayna Greenwood's family was in the audience to watch the mayor present her with the Terry Fox Award, given annually to the Prince ...
Oct 23, 2019 Mayor Greg Dionne gives a speech before presenting Elayna Greenwood (left) with the Terry Fox Award, telling her "we're very proud of you" (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Mayor and Chamber talk election aspirations
With two days to go until the election, the P.A. mayor is hoping infrastructure spending will be a priority for the next federal government, while the local chamber of commerce wants to see investment...
Oct 19, 2019 (Ian Gustafson/paNOW staff)
P.A. mayor aims to keep tax increase in check
Mayor Greg Dionne said he will fight to lower the 4.9 per cent tax increase recommended by city administration in the proposed 2020 budget released this week. "The cost of living is always a challenge...
Oct 18, 2019 Mayor Greg Dionne. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Ribbon cut to mark opening of two group homes in P.A.
Former residents of the Valley View Centre in Moose Jaw are now making Prince Albert their home.The facility in Moose Jaw provided a home for people with intellectual and cognitive disabilities. Now t...
Oct 18, 2019 Staff and residents from the two homes pose for a picture after the ribbon cutting. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
4.9 per cent tax increase in proposed budget
P.A. city administration has released the proposed 2020 budget and are recommending a 4.9 per cent property tax increase.For the owner of a home valued at $350,000, this would mean an additional $108 ...
Oct 17, 2019 Prince Albert city hall (File photo/paNOW staff)
