Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne is confident a proposal for a new tax to fund four additional police officers will be well received by the public, saying it treats all taxpayers equally.
The $35 annual base tax would be applied to all properties in the city. According to council documents, the new tax would generate $554,505 in 2021.
“I think residents will have no issue with this,” Dionne told
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“It was loud and clear during the election that crime was the number one issue and so we are responding to the general public,” he said.
Prince Albert church at centre of COVID-19 outbreak fined $14,000
A photo originally posted to Facebook has been digitally altered to blur the faces of attendees. The photo shows a religious gathering held at the Full Gospel Outreach Centre in Prince Albert. Photo by facebook /Regina Leader-Post
Prince Albert’s Full Gospel Outreach Centre, which has been linked to a gospel revival outreach event tied to dozens of cases of COVID-19 in multiple communities, has been fined $14,000.
The province announced a $14,000 fine for a corporation for non-compliance with the public health act order and reopen Saskatchewan guidelines for places of worship Sunday. That amount includes a $10,000 fine and a $4,000 surcharge.
Former Quality Inn Hotel in Prince Albert re-opens under First Nations ownership
After being closed for almost two years, the former Quality Inn Hotel in downtown Prince Albert has re-opened under First Nations ownership.
The facility has been purchased by the Timanaska Development Corporation and the Saskatchewan River Business Corporation, which includes the Cumberland House Cree Nation as a partner.
In addition to standard hotel rooms, plans are for the facility to offer student housing and a 24-hour daycare.
The hotel is located in close proximity to the new University of Saskatchewan campus in Prince Albert.
CHCN Chief Rene Chaboyer said even though we are in the midst of an economy slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the shuttered hotel presented an investment opportunity the partners didn’t feel they could pass up.
PRINCE ALBERT A shuttered hotel in downtown Prince Albert has re-opened as affordable housing for students and people travelling for medical care. The Cumberland Crossing Inn is owned by a Cumberland House Cree Nation company, Saskatchewan River Business Corporation, and Timanaska Development Corporation. Last year, city council unanimously approved their $900,000 bid to purchase the former Quality Inn. The building will also house a restaurant, a 24-hour daycare and operate medical transportation. Chief Rene Chaboyer said the project will provide economic stability for Cumberland House Cree Nation. “We’re trying to push the envelope and be a trend-setting First Nation that can model (for) other nations,” he said. ”Do things that other nations didn’t think that they could ever do. There’s good things in the works. It’s truly a new beginning.”