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As Don Sangster explained, finding administrators who meet the government’s criteria are hard to come by.
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Sangster is the mayor of the Resort Village of Kannata Valley, a seasonal cottage community that lies 40 minutes north of Regina. Although the village currently has an administrator with the right credentials, that wasn’t always the case, and Sangster worries that it might be difficult to fill the position in future should the time come to hire someone new.
The federal and provincial governments are pumping more than $81 million into 23 infrastructure projects in Saskatchewan.
Projects including improved access to potable water, upgraded wastewater treatment facilities, better flood prevention strategies, decommissioned landfills, and renovated recreation facilities are to benefit from the joint funding.
The federal government is providing more than $44.3 million for the projects through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. The province is contributing more than $36.9 million and the communities are putting up an additional $29.5 million.
“This is an example of what we can accomplish when we work together,” Jim Carr, the federal government’s special representative for the prairies, said in a media release.
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