Tag Archives: Community
P.A. among communities with walk-in mental health service
Just getting people in the door is huge.That's the response from a mental health advocate to expanded free walk-in mental health services in Prince Albert.Louise Zurowksi, the executive director of Ca...
Aug 13, 2019 (Tyler Marr/paNOW Staff)
P.A. ball players return home from Nationals with silver
The second best team this at the U19 Men's Fastpitch Nationals is from Saskatchewan and two of its players call Prince Albert home.The Delisle Pride, which included Troy Preymack and Ryan Bicknell, lo...
Aug 13, 2019 (submitted photo/ Kevin Preymack)
Busy summer for YWCA
This summer has been busy for YWCA Settlement Services.The agency has been working to help settle a number of people who have been arriving from a number of different countries according to David Hamb...
Aug 13, 2019 The YWCA put on a barbecue Saturday to raise money for their settlement work (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Keep Your Distance from Bear Traps
This year has seen an increase in bear calls across the province. Bear traps are being set frequently, and SACO would like to remind people to keep your distance from the traps.If you see that a trap ...
Aug 13, 2019
Shellbrook Arena upgrades taking shape
While the summer months tend to be a quiet time for most community arenas this has not been the case in Shellbrook.Contractors and volunteers have been working hard on a couple of projects, including ...
Aug 12, 2019 Workers putting in the new arena floor (Submitted Photograph/Amund Otterson)
Softball tournament sees large turnout
The 2019 FSIN Youth Softball Championships have wrapped up.The event saw nearly 1,000 coaches and players from 60 different communities come to Prince Albert to compete. From an organizational standpo...
Aug 12, 2019 The 2019 FSIN Youth Softball Championships wrapped up Sunday in Prince Albert. (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)
Perseid meteor shower set to peak tonight
One of the best annual astronomical events will light up the sky this week. The summertime meteor shower, the Perseid, is set to peak Aug. 12 and 13. Though already underway, as Earth moves further in...
Aug 12, 2019 (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)
Polka Festival in Prince Albert
Look forward to the Prince Albert Polka Festival at the Prince Albert Exhibition Centre August 23 until 25th.There are great events happening each day with full service RV Camping on site.See the post...
Aug 12, 2019
RCMP take to water for training
Residents may have noticed some RCMP activity on the North Saskatchewan River Friday.Prince Albert RCMP members along with some from the north put their boats in the river for some training exercises....
Aug 10, 2019 RCMP members were on the North Saskatchewan River at P.A. training Friday (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
P.A. rated poorly in community ranking
Prince Albert is near the bottom of the list in Maclean's Magazine's annual look at Canada's Best Communities. The city is ranked at 371 out of 415.Responding to the report, some officials in the city...
Aug 09, 2019 Maclean's uses a variety of factors to calculate which communities are the best to live in throughout the country. (Submitted/Maclean's)
