Tag Archives: City Hall
P.A. seeks province's input on cutting liquor retail hours
The City of Prince Albert will ask the province if and how it can curtail alcohol retail hours.According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the rate of hospitalizations caused by alcoho...
Aug 23, 2019 Alcohol on sale (File photo/larongeNOW Staff)
Special task force created for property crime
Prince Albert police are taking immediate measures to deal with a spike in property crime around the city.The force announced the creation of the special three-officer unit targeting break and enters ...
Aug 22, 2019 A back alley on the east side of the city (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Council ponders curfew in back alleys and walkways
Prince Albert city council will study the possibility of a new bylaw prohibiting access to public back alleys and walkways at night. The proposed measure, aimed at combatting crime, would allow police...
Aug 20, 2019 Trash can fires aren't the only concern for residents as council ponders a curfew at night in back alleys and walkways to curb rampant property crime. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Finish line in sight for Rotary Trail
The $375,000 in cash allocated from the so-called Husky Energy apology money will not be sufficient to finish the city's Rotary Trail. So, $105,000 of taxpayer money is being used from a reserve fund....
Aug 20, 2019 A recently paved section of the Rotary Trail near the hospital on the west side of town. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
P.A. city council bickers about conflict resolution training
In an extraordinary debate that laid bare some of the tension around the municipal political table, Prince Albert city council has decided to spend $3,000 to employ a professional to give them a cours...
Aug 19, 2019 Not playing nicely. A debate about conflict resolution highlighted the underlying tensions around the P.A. council table.(Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
City of P.A. reflects on fraud protection after Saskatoon incident
The City of Prince Albert wants to assure residents they have protections in place to combat fraud.This comes on the heels of the City of Saskatoon announcing they lost $1 million to a fraudster who i...
Aug 17, 2019 (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
City crews go to work in school zones
City residents may notice some work going on in school zones.Recently crews went to work installing elevated crosswalks in front of W.J. Berezowsky School in the city's east end.The school sits in Cou...
Aug 14, 2019 City crews put the finishing touches on elevated crosswalks in front of Berezowsky school Wednesday morning. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
PA arena project left out of federal funding allocations
Politicians on all levels for Prince Albert are questioning why the federal government rejected a proposal to help fund a new arena, which they are calling a priority project. Saskatchewan is eligible...
Aug 13, 2019 Federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Francois-Philippe Champagne, seated right, and Saskatchewan Minister Responsible for SaskBuilds Gordon Wyant signed an infrastructure funding agreement on October 3, 2018. (file photo/CJME)
Safety concerns raised about proposed digital billboard
Some residents aren't happy about last month's Prince Albert city council decision to erect a large new digital community billboard near the intersection of 15th Street W. and Second Avenue W. The hig...
Aug 13, 2019 A rendering shows what the proposed digital community billboard will look like for motorists headed north on Second Avenue W.towards the Diefenbaker Bridge. (Google maps/ PA city council agenda)
Prince Albert-opoly hits store shelves
Prince Albert City Hall can now be bought for a bargain price of $250 and the cost to take a shuttle bus to the street fair will cost you $175.Those are all part of a new Prince Albert version of the ...
Aug 03, 2019 (Submitted photo/ Outset Media Corp.)
