After receiving a failing grade from the C.D. Howe Institute’s annual report card on financial transparency for the past couple of years, the City of Regina and Saskatoon saw improvements in 2022. The annual report assesses the transparency and quality of the budgets and financial statements of 32 major Canadian municipalities. The report said that […]
Economic Development Regina (EDR) is set to launch a new campaign to attract more workers and people to call the Queen City home. During the ‘State of Labour’ address to business leaders, President and CEO of EDR Chris Lane said that the campaign will focus on all the good things the city offers. “Regina has […]
The City of Regina has followed the federal and provincial governments in banning the use of the social media app TikTok on employee-issued cell phones. “Knowing that the province has done it, knowing that it has been done federally and that there are some valid concerns around it, we will be removing it from employee […]
The North Central Family Centre (NCFC) has been chosen as the partner to lead delivery and operation of the Rapid Housing Initiative project announced in December. The NCFC’s project is the development of a 30-unit multi family residential building located in North Central. The city received $6.6 million in federal funding to support the project, […]
After eight hours of discussions, Regina’s executive committee decided that more public consultation and further discussion were needed for the catalyst committee projects. At Wednesday’s meeting, where the catalyst committee’s report was presented, councillors voted to push further discussion and votes on the projects until March 22. Before the meeting, a public survey will be […]
Regina’s catalyst committee returned after six months with 21 recommendations for five major infrastructure projects. The recommendations list the order of operation in which the projects should be built, where the funding should come from, and where the projects should be built. The first proposed project to be built in an indoor aquatic centre, which […]
A decision made by the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) has CUPE 21 filling an application with the Court of King’s Bench to overturn it. The decision was made at the request of the City of Regina. In that decision, the WCB agreed with the city’s argument that workers are barred from seeking damages under section […]
After receiving multiple complaints from residents regarding their sidewalk snow-clearing bylaw, the City Manager for Regina said they had waived one complaint. The City waived a $424 charge given to a Regina resident after he couldn’t physically shovel the sidewalks due to multiple health impairments. City Manager Nikki Anderson said the media made her aware […]
Its been a tough few years for the Regina Airport. The pandemic brought air travel to a crawl, and Regina has lost some direct access routes to the United States as well as other Canadian destinations. City Council has decided to help, by approving a five year tax exemption for the airport. It works out […]
Despite passing a budget and approving funding for a temporary homeless shelter, the drama at Regina’s city council has continued to take the spotlight. It was back in late November that Councilor Dan LeBlanc filed a lawsuit representing Councillor Andrew Stevens, and a community member brought a lawsuit against City Manager Nikki Anderson in an […]
