Tag Archives: Infrastructure
City crews deck the halls downtown
If you're around Prince Albert's downtown before sunrise or sunset, you'll be treated to a sight of twinkling lights and holiday decorations.City crews were out this week hanging holiday ornaments on ...
Nov 22, 2019 (Submitted Photo/ Prince Albert Downtown Business Improvement District's Facebook page)
Fish "baskets" at water treatment plant to cost $1 million
Plans for Prince Albert's new raw water pump house are coming along less than swimmingly. As city councillors contend with news the major infrastructure project will be significantly pricier than init...
Nov 20, 2019 The current filter at the raw water pump house allows small fish into the water treatment plant. The federal government says that shouldn't happen.(Council agenda package/City of P.A.)
Did penny-pinching cost city of P.A. on pump house price?
Prince Albert city councillors are grappling with news that the cost of a new facility at the water treatment plant will be over double the amount quoted to them by a consulting firm last year.The rev...
Nov 19, 2019 The raw water pump house supplies the water treatment facility from the North Saskatchewan River. Parts of the pump house building are nearly 100 years old. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Website allows for live-tracking of P.A. buses
As Prince Albert residents prepare for the icy embrace of months of freezing temperatures, the city is promoting its bus tracking service as a way to avoid spending too much time out in the cold. By v...
Nov 16, 2019 A screen grab of the transit tracking site shows the locations of buses in Prince Albert. (Transitlivepa)
P.A. waiting for provincial input on bridge toll
The slow gears of bureaucracy are still turning on an important request regarding the potential for the tolling of Prince Albert's Diefenbaker Bridge. At the same time council learned of the sort of t...
Nov 13, 2019 A graph shows hourly use of the Diefenbaker bridge on Aug. 2, the peak day of summer 2019 (council agenda package/City of P.A.)
P.A. shows off new and improved water treatment plant
Prince Albert's upgraded water treatment plant is now up and going.The City cut the ribbon Friday to officially mark the opening of the upgraded facility, which is located on River Street W. The ribbo...
Nov 08, 2019 Water treatment plant manager Andy Busse, left, tells Joe Hargrave about the upgrades to the facility (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Council approves infrastructure investments for 2020
Prince Albert city council has earmarked money for a variety of capital projects in the coming year. After two days of budget deliberations, councillors finalized a list which included money for roads...
Nov 08, 2019 Some of P.A.'s city councillors during Thursday's budget deliberations. From left, Dennis Ogrodnick, Dennis Nowoselsky, Evert Botha, Charlene Miller
P.A. house prices rise but total sales remain slack
There is some continued slight upward movement in Prince Albert's depressed housing market although it's not clear if that will continue.The Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors (SRAR) is reportin...
Nov 07, 2019 For Sale signs in Prince Albert. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
What'sHappeningNOW Nov. 6, 2019
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks to Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell about reactions he heard about the new lighting at the crosswalk in front of Carlton High School.
Nov 06, 2019
Province-wide radiothon for Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital
Radio stations across the province are joining forces to help celebrate the opening of the first-ever dedicated children's and maternal hospital in Saskatchewan this week. The Jim Pattison Broadcast G...
Nov 05, 2019 Jim Pattison Children's Hospital. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
