Tag Archives: Infrastructure
Provincial parks getting million dollar boost thanks to government
Provincial parks will soon be getting a boost thanks to the provincial government. As part of an $11 million investment in provincial parks, more than $3.3 million will be invested into facility and i...
Aug 10, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Downtown hotel still unsold
The defunct Quality Inn in downtown Prince Albert remains unsold although the agent responsible for selling it says they're happy with the level of interest from potential buyers.The hotel closed its ...
Aug 02, 2019 The Quality Inn hotel in downtown Prince Albert closed mid-June. It remains on the market. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW)
Rotary Trail less than a kilometre from completion
There is now less than a kilometre to go to finish what is already one of Prince Albert's top amenities. The full circle of the 23-kilometre Rotary Trail that surrounds the city should be completed by...
Jul 29, 2019 The brand new addition to the Rotary Trail behind and west of the hospital site means there is less than a thousand metres to go to complete the 23 km circuit. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
21 rural Sask. communities slated for high-speed internet
Many people work, play, socialize, shop, and bank on the internet.It's nearly ubiquitous in everyday life, often, calling businesses or government offices will instead direct you to visit their websit...
Jul 28, 2019 Alan Thomarat, mayor of the resort village of Thode, says high-speed internet will help bring his community into the 21st century. Jul. 23, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Behind-the-scenes work on skills policy detailed in election-tinged documents
OTTAWA - Top civil servants have been told that their departments don't know what the jobs of the future will look like and that employers' demands for skills will change more and more frequently in t...
Jul 27, 2019 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a press conference at the BC Transit corporate office to announce new investments to improve transit in Victoria on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Internal government documents show federal officials are working through the summer to come up with the right policies so whoever forms the next government can help the country rightly, and quickly, adjust to a shifting economic landscape. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
SaskTel expanding high-speed internet services in Saskatchewan
Dial-up internet and farmer vision television service could soon be a thing of the past.SaskTel announced yesterday communities from the Village of Paradise Hill across to the Town of Preeceville are ...
Jul 26, 2019 Internet service expansion in Saskatchewan (file photo/CJME Staff)
New heliport at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital opens
A new heliport atop of Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon opened ahead of schedule on Thursday.The new helipad is Saskatchewan's second rooftop helipad, the other is at the Regina General H...
Jul 26, 2019 STARS approaches the new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital heliport on July 25, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Municipal leaders weigh in on bridge toll issue
The question of whether to put in place a toll on the Diefenbaker Bridge has got people talking.Recently the City of Prince Albert announced plans to look into implementing a fee for those who use the...
Jul 24, 2019 The idea of charging a toll on the Diefenbaker Bridge has prompted much debate among the public and politicians. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
P.A. set to decommission five sets of traffic lights
Relief is coming soon for motorists who sometimes feel trapped in the maze of traffic lights in Prince Albert's downtown.The city has too many traffic lights in general - as much as double the amount ...
Jul 24, 2019 Prince Albert's downtown will be a smoother ride for motorists once a series of traffic lights are removed.(Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Waskesiu chamber against idea of a toll for the bridge in Prince Albert
Count Waskesiu among those against a toll for the Diefenbaker Bridge in Prince Albert.The city council in that city is considering the idea now that a report on the costs and potential revenues has be...
Jul 24, 2019 Prince Albert city council passed a motion to look into the possibility of tolling the Diefenbaker Bridge. (Jeff Labine/PaNOW)
