Tag Archives: City Hall
City of Melfort decides allocation of Humboldt Strong donation
The City of Melfort has officially decided what it is going to do with the $100,000 donation they received from the Humboldt Strong Community Foundation.At its regular council meeting on Monday, June ...
Jun 11, 2019 Kent Flavel (centre), the director of the Humboldt Strong Community Foundation, presented the $100,000 cheque to the City of Melfort back in March. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
'This needs to happen': La Ronge councillors to vote on raising pride flag
Flying the pride flag in La Ronge would be a way for the community to show support for people who have been marginalized in society. That's according to former resident Jordan McKay, now a resident of...
Jun 11, 2019 The pride flag is a symbol of the LGBTQ movement. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
KTF Properties co-owner states fence issue 'should have never gotten this far'
La Ronge Community Planner Abby Besharah wants the public to know there is no intent to restrict public access to the lake with the partial closing of Tremblay Street. The matter was talked about at l...
May 24, 2019 Town council created a bylaw to partially close Tremblay Street. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Family Taxi owner asks council to regulate cab licences
Family Taxi owner Vi Werchola approached town council at a regular meeting Wednesday asking them to regulate municipal cab licences. "It's really gone down for us in the town," she said. "Four or five...
May 23, 2019 Family Taxi owner Vi Werchola wants town council to deregulate cab licenses. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Plan to close public road in La Ronge for private company stalls
Plans by La Ronge councillors to close a public street and lease part of it to a private company abruptly changed after opposition by nearby land users.The first reading to enact a bylaw to close Trem...
May 23, 2019 This section of Tremblay Street going towards the lake could be closed. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Clunie-Cooper Memorial PBR
Professional Bull Riding is coming back to Prince Albert in May.On Thursday, May 30 and Friday, May 31, the Clunie-Cooper Memorial PBR will take over the Art Hauser Centre featuring bull riders from t...
May 17, 2019
La Ronge capital budget includes major improvements to Patterson Park
The 2019 Town of La Ronge capital budget was approved at a regular council meeting last week and the document includes heavy spending at Patterson Park.The total budget, which doesn't include operatio...
May 13, 2019 New lighting and a boardwalk are some of the items councillors are planning for in Patterson Park. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
La Ronge councillors support petition for construction of long-term care facility
La Ronge councillors threw their support behind a petition at a regular meeting Wednesday calling for the construction of a long-term care facility in the tri-communities. MacGiver's Pine Auto Care Ow...
May 09, 2019 There has been no word about a long-term care facility since 2014. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
City looking at 3D upgrade for Carlton crosswalk
More paint and some creativity will soon be added to a busy crosswalk near Carlton Comprehensive Public High School in an effort to make it more visible.Prince Albert city councillors voted this week ...
May 03, 2019 The painting style of a 3D crosswalk, such as this one in the Montreal borough of Outremont, creates an optical illusion that makes the lines appear to float above the ground. (Ryan Remiorz/ The Canadian Press)
New town shop could include self-managed bulk fuel system
With construction of the town's new $2.3 million public works shop starting next week, administration was told at a regular council meeting Wednesday to look into the cost of buying a self-managed bul...
Apr 26, 2019 La Ronge administration is currently examining the cost of a bulk fuel system for municipal vehicles. (file photo/paNOW Staff)