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Prince Albert, Sask. –
Prince Albert City Council has passed a motion to temporarily suspend the implementation of the Plastic Checkout Bag Bylaw. This bylaw was originally passed in November 2019 to ban the use of plastic checkout bags by retail and food service businesses in Prince Albert. Fines and enforcement were originally set to take effect August 1, 2020, however, the ban has been suspended until the Province of Saskatchewan’s Covid-19 State of Emergency is declared over.
“Many stores are offering plastic bags for free as a sanitary measure to reduce the handling of reusable bags which may contribute to the spread of Covid-19,” said Mayor Greg Dionne. “To give businesses more flexibility, we are suspending the implementation of fines until the State of Emergency is declared over in Saskatchewan.”
Learn more about the plastic checkout bag ban on the City’s website, www.citypa.ca/plastics.
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For media inquiries, please contact:
Mayor Greg Dionne
(306) 953-4300
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