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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 […]

To kick off December, Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTSS), made up of Saskatchewan RCMP and municipal police service officers, took part in Canada Safe Driving Week. From December 1 to 7, officers patrolled and held check stops throughout the province to help keep Saskatchewan’s roads safe. During the week-long initiative, CTSS officers found 64 drivers […]

SaskEnergy and SaskPower have launched a new rebate to help customers improve their homes’ efficiency. The Home Efficiency Retrofit Rebate (HERR) provides eligible homeowners with rebates to upgrade their home’s insulation, air-sealing, windows, and doors. “Through their energy efficiency programs, SaskEnergy and SaskPower are helping customers reduce the cost to heat their homes,” said Dustin […]

A 32-year-old woman has been taken into custody after a joy-ride in a stolen taxi left multiple businesses damaged, including the Cornwall Centre. Early Saturday morning, the Regina Police Service responded to a report of a Regina Co-Op Taxi theft in the 1100 block of Angus Street. Police located the taxi and attempted a traffic […]

A paper published in the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy says that Saskatchewan should get more money from potash companies. The fertilizer’s price doubled in 2022, creating windfall profits of $10 billion. Of that windfall, the Saskatchewan government collected only one-quarter on behalf of resource owners, the federal government ordered one-tenth, and the […]

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 […]

Two youths have been charged after Regina police responded to reports of two weapons calls at two elementary schools in North Regina. At 2:00 p.m. on December 14, School Resource Officers were called to a school in the 1900 block of 2nd Avenue North for a report of a bear spray incident involving a 12-year-old […]

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 […]

The Regina Airport Authority announced that Air Canada will increase summer capacity in 2024. Flights will peak at four flights a day to Toronto and three flights a day to Vancouver, and round-trip, non-stop daily service will be introduced to Montreal. Justin Reves, Director of Revenue Development, Public Relations, and Customer Experience, said that Air […]

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 […]