Tag Archives: City Hall
City changes third shelter meeting location due to high attendance
High attendance at the first two of the four planned public meetings on a permanent emergency shelter location have led to the moving of the third meeting back to the Ches Leach Lounge. The meeting th...
Jan 21, 2025
Round two: homeless shelter meeting comes to Midtown
The City of Prince Albert held a second public meeting for a permanent homeless shelter Monday night and it had a much different look and feel than the first one, focusing more on group interaction an...
Jan 21, 2025
How becoming homeless helped one man kick his addiction and plan to buy his first home
Jonas Beebe has worked at the Stepping Stones shelter in Prince Albert for some time now, helping clients make the switch from being homeless to finding more stable housing. But, he clearly remembers ...
Jan 18, 2025
RCMP body cameras aim to build trust, but expert says can be "problematic"
Police promote body-worn cameras as a way to gather evidence and improve public trust and transparency; however, a police studies expert believes that their use could be "problematic.""Subsequent stud...
Jan 17, 2025
Shelter meeting hopes to gain public insight on best location
Organizers were surprised to find well over 150 people at the first of four meetings on the plan to build a permanent shelter for homeless people in Prince Albert. Extra chairs had to be set up to acc...
Jan 16, 2025
Meth remediation adds $1 million to PA Housing costs
A growing issue with needing to remediate meth from public housing units added almost $1 million to the costs managed by Prince Albert Housing in 2024. The publicly funded organization said they had t...
Jan 14, 2025
P.A. council passes $1.2 million increase to police budget
Prince Albert Police Chief Patrick Nogier welcomed city council's approval of his request for an increase of 6.6 per cent to the police budget for 2025, saying it will help the department modernize. T...
Jan 10, 2025
Halfway through budget talks, council makes few changes
At the halfway mark of the 2025 budget discussion, Prince Albert city council has made their way through about 50 per cent of the $8 million suggested increased spending without significant changes. H...
Jan 09, 2025
Future of Dave Steuart arena draws debate during budget talks
Should it stay or go? That's the decision in front of Prince Albert city council and it's not an easy one with two councillors strongly arguing in favour of keeping the Dave G. Steuart Arena in the ci...
Jan 08, 2025
Council to start budget deliberations with a draft $8 million increase in spending
The draft budget that will be presented to Prince Albert's city council starting on Wednesday includes a spending increase of $8 million more than last year. That would put the total city revenue from...
Jan 06, 2025
