city of regina

Regina’s budget wasn’t without drama for the second consecutive year. Last year saw a lawsuit overshadowing the budget; this year, the poor presentation and organization of the budget led to the Regina city council passing the budget because people were ‘tired and wanted to go.’ After around 30 hours of deliberations, Councillor Bob Hawkins brought […]

After four days of deliberations, debate, and confusion over the 2024 budget, the City of Regina had its 2024 operating, capital, and utility, leading to a mill rate increase of 2.85 per cent. That increase included: Those increases are offset by a 3.09 per cent decrease associated with the garbage collection reduction. Also seeing an […]

Members of the Grain and General Services Union Local 1 (Viterra Country Operations and Maintenance) and Local 2 (Viterra Regina Head Office) have reached an impasse with Viterra over bargaining negotiations. After more than a year of negotiations, the unions, who have been frustrated by the lack of progress, members in both unions overwhelmingly voted […]

The wild ride at City Hall continues as Regina council has voted to table its 2024 General Operating and Captial Budget for next week. Councillor Jason Mancenelli brought forward a tabling motion for council to pause deliberations on the pair of budgets for now and reconvene Monday at noon for continued discussions. That comes after […]

Regina Exhibition Associated Limited (REAL) requests a larger budget for the city’s 2024 edition. REAL’s request comes in at $6.44 million, an increase of $5.3 million over the $1.1 million budget provided in the last three years. The budget is divided into three areas: $2.7 million for operations, $2.6 million for debt payments, and $1 […]

City Manager Niki Anderson is the new Regina Exhibition Association Limited board chair. That is according to a brief statement provided by the City of Regina. Anderson replaces former chair Wayne Morsky, who resigned along with the rest of the board after city council voted to terminate the board. Jennifer Johnson, executive director of corporate […]

The Regina Police Service (RPS) had its net operating budget for 2024 approved by Regina’s city council. For 2024, RPS will see a net operating budget of $102.7 million, including over $115 million in gross operating expenditures and $12.5 million in anticipated revenues. The 2024 budget marks a $4.6 million or 4.7 per cent increase […]

Two people are dead following a house fire in Regina. Police say in a news release they were called to a residence on Rae Street shortly after 8:30 a.m. Saturday and found a home engulfed in flames. They say two residents of the home were outside and appeared to have minor injuries, but they told […]

The City of Regina is predicting a year-end deficit of $1.6 million. That is according to a third-quarter forecast report that highlighted an overall increase over budget in revenues of $7.6 million, a decrease of $3.1 million from the mid-year forecast. This is mainly due to a forecasted reduction in municipal surcharge revenue due to […]

The Saskatchewan government says it’s going to send breast cancer patients to Calgary for screening as the province continues to deal with medical imaging backlogs. Health Minister Everett Hindley told reporters Wednesday the province has contracted Clearpoint, a private health company, to offer 1,000 scans, and the province will contact patients who are eligible to […]