Tag Archives: Infrastructure
2020 city budget expected to pass Monday night
Prince Albert city council is expected to pass its 2020 budget on Monday night.The general fund budget includes a 2.9 per cent tax increase, with a focus on infrastructure spending. Meanwhile, the uti...
Dec 09, 2019 Councillors during budget deliberations on Nov. 7, 2019 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
New bus carrier offering routes from P.A.
A Saskatoon-based bus company has expanded service to Prince Albert and Regina.As of Dec. 1, KCTI Travels now offers trips from P.A. to Regina and Saskatoon with same day return. Service is available ...
Dec 05, 2019 (Facebook/KCTI Travels)
Traffic figures show P.A.bridge a bigger priority than Regina project: PCP
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan (PCP) says the vehicle numbers for the new Regina bypass highlight the $2 billion project is just "a monument to the Sask Party," and a second bridge...
Dec 04, 2019 The Regina bypass project (reginabypass.ca)
Proposed seniors apartment complex looks for investors
A Manitoba-based real estate developer is eyeing Prince Albert as the location of its latest $8.3 million project.Representatives from Bridge Road Development were in P.A. on Wednesday to meet with po...
Dec 04, 2019 A render shows the proposed 24-unit apartment building (Investor meeting package/Bridge Road Developments Ltd.)
Photo radar coming to Wakaw intersection
The intersection of Highway 41 and Highway 2 at Wakaw will soon have photo speed enforcement (PSE).The provincial government made the decision after a review from the PSE Committee, which is made up o...
Dec 04, 2019 A photo speed enforcement box like this one will soon be in Wakaw. (Submitted/SGI)
Saskatchewan's plan for small nuclear reactors sees local fallout
Environmental advocates are railing against plans announced by the Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick governments to further explore the development of small modular nuclear reactors or SMRs. Whi...
Dec 03, 2019 The federal government is engaging with interested provinces on small modular reactors (SMRs) for possible development and deployment across Canada. This image shows the Pickering Nuclear Generating Plant as seen from Lake Ontario.(ID 146384282 © Anjelagr/Dreamstime)
Local MP discusses infrastructure funding with P.A. mayor
Local MP, Conservative Randy Hoback was in Prince Albert on Tuesday to meet with Mayor Greg Dionne. The two sat down to discuss the city's top federal funding priorities, among them a new $80 million ...
Nov 26, 2019 Conservative MP Randy Hoback (left) speaks with P.A. Mayor Greg Dionne (right). (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Last call for new water meter installation
With 75 per cent of installations complete, the City of P.A. is asking residents who do not yet have a new water meter to get in touch. "We have reached the point in the process where people are getti...
Nov 26, 2019 (submitted photo/City of P.A.)
P.A. National Park inviting public to grab a Christmas tree
Starting next month Prince Albert National Park is inviting people to visit and get a free Christmas tree at the same time.The park's fourth annual Christmas tree harvest, which gets underway Dec. 1 a...
Nov 25, 2019 Workers in P.A. National Park prepare the fuel break last winter. (File Photo/paNOW Staff).
'It's literally a skating rink': Prince Albert deals with icy conditions
Driving and walking skills are being tested in Prince Albert after weekend weather left city streets glazed with a thin layer of ice.So far, Parkland Ambulance has responded to several motor vehicle c...
Nov 25, 2019 Back alleys in Prince Albert are extremely icy after a weekend of rain and freezing temperatures. (paNOW Staff/ Ronald Quaroni)
