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Cottage owners urged to take think Fire Smart as season comes to a close
The summer months are now behind us.With the changing of the season many people are now getting ready to close up their cottages and seasonal properties for the year.Prince Albert National Park staff ...
Sep 09, 2019 Prince Albert National Park wants to remind cottage owners to take some steps to protect their properties as they close up their cottages. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
New recreation centre on its way for P.A.
The federal and provincial governments have approved joint- funding for a new $60 million recreational centre in Prince Albert. The facility will have two ice rinks, each with seating for 800 spectato...
Sep 06, 2019 The new facility will ultimately replace the Steuart and Kinsmen arenas (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Local airport shows off new safety equipment
The Prince Albert Airport is showing off some of its new equipment and infrastructure which the city says will make the facility safer for users. This year with funds from the federal government, the ...
Sep 05, 2019 Deputy Mayor Don Cody, Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and Airport Manager Cory Nygaard pose in front of one of the pieces of equipment purchased with support from the federal government. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Multiple donations for P.A. Hospice
The Rose Garden Hospice Association accepted nearly $114,000 in donations Wednesday with Malcom Jenkins contributing the largest cheque for almost $76,000.The P.A. Canadian Tire owner had agreed to ma...
Sep 04, 2019 Malcolm Jenkins presents Marina Mitchell of the Rose Garden Hospice with a cheque for $75,850. From left, Roxanne Dicke of Broadway North, Marina Mitchell, Malcolm Jenkins, hospice board member Ralph Boychuk (submitted/Rose Garden Hospice Association)
Digital billboard remains on track
Despite a petition calling it a motoring distraction and a poor use of dollars, city council's decision to erect a digital billboard will not change.Many on council were not swayed by the 160 signatur...
Aug 26, 2019 A rendering of how the proposed digital community billboard will look for motorists headed south on Second Avenue W. (Google maps/ PA city council agenda)
Reeve calls for improvements to Highway 3 West
The stretch of road that connects Prince Albert to Shellbrook has been a safety concern for years, according to the reeve for the Rural Municipality of Buckland.The comment from Don Fyrk is in respons...
Aug 26, 2019 RCMP say the cause of last Thursday's crash remains under investigation. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Aviation company supports call for improvements to Fond du Lac airport
West Wind Aviation is echoing the chief of the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation's call for more improvements to the Fond du Lac airport after learning no funding will be committed to the project. W...
Aug 26, 2019 Fond du Lac Chief Louis Mercredi. (Canadian Press)
R.M. of Birch Hills ponders large waste landfill proposal
The R.M. of Birch Hills could decide as early as next month whether or not to approve a proposed large waste landfill site in pastureland south of the Branspeth turn off on Highway 3. Many local resid...
Aug 26, 2019 With ever-increasing pressures on landfill sites like the one at Prince Albert, the R.M. of Birch Hills is mulling a proposal for a large regional non-hazardous landfill cell south of Highway 3. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Nearly two months out, clean up continues at Meadow Lake Provincial Park
Nearly two months after two tornadoes struck Meadow Lake Provincial Park, work continues to recover from the damage.Three people were transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries followi...
Aug 23, 2019 Drone imagery following the storm that hit Meadow Lake Provincial Park from the Northern Tornadoes Project. (Northern Tornadoes Project)
City spending $500,000 more on new bus maintenance
Prince Albert taxpayers are ultimately on the hook for the unexpectedly high maintenance costs for the city's new public transit fleet.City council has agreed to increase the maintenance budget for co...
Aug 23, 2019 The city has agreed to boost payments to its bus maintenance contractor by over $500,000 over the next seven years. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
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