The City of Regina is inviting residents to offer feedback as it continues to finalize its first-ever two-year budget for 2023/24. The consultation on Be Heard Regina will last until November 4. Residents will also be able to offer feedback on how potential investments align with the City’s strategic priorities. “An opportunity to identify challenges […]
The City of Regina is continuing to see its high levels of COVID-19 continue. In their weekly wastewater update, the University of Regina found that viral levels continued to be at their highest levels since April of this year. “The latest SARS-CoV-2 measurements in Regina are at 91% of the highest levels of the Omicron […]
The Warriors of Hope Community Support will be holding a traditional feast to honour a woman named Marjorie, whose death sparked a renewed conversation about the City’s homelessness crisis. Just over one year ago, a woman named Marjorie passed away due to a drug overdose in Victoria Park. Shylo Stevenson, executive director and communications officer […]
Regina’s city council voted to increase leisure service fees across the city. The “inflationary increase” will go up by two per cent in 2023 and three per cent in both 2024 and 2025. With the increases, a one-month family leisure pass will cost $107.68 as of January 2023. The price will rise to $110.92 in […]
The City of Regina has voted to get rid of its amusement tax. The tax, which only applies to the city’s cinemas, will decrease from 10 per cent to five per cent starting on October 12 before being eliminated beginning on January 1, 2024. Councillor Lori Bresciani brought forward the motion to eliminate the tax […]
The City of Regina’s search for a new city manager is over. The City announced that they had hired Niki Anderson for the position. Anderson has twenty years of experience as a senior leader. Over the past four and a half years, she has held leadership roles with the City of Edmonton, most recently as […]
Later this week, Regina’s city council will decide whether to lower the amusement tax by half. The tax, which currently only applies to the city’s cinemas, will decrease from 10 per cent to five per cent if approved. That decrease will result in $350,000 in reduced revenue for the city. Michael Paris, a board member […]
At Wednesday’s executive committee meeting, the City of Regina gave residents a look at what the upcoming budget could feature. City administration provided an update on the development of the City’s first multi-year budget, revealing a primary mill rate increase of 4.02 per cent in 2023 and 3.96 per cent in 2024. The update also […]
In commemoration of the United Nations International Day of Peace, people gathered outside Regina’s city hall for a flagraising Tuesday morning. The flag will fly at city hall until the morning of September 22nd. Local organizers said their thoughts this year were with the people of Ukraine, and they called on all nations, including Canada, […]
The city of Regina will be getting things growing on National Tree Day on Wednesday. One thousand seedlings will be given away, starting at 9 a.m. at Victoria Park. Tree varieties include Carmine Jewel Cherry, Ben Nevis Black Currant among others. They’re limited to one per person while supplies last. Fall is still a great […]
