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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 […]

A judge has dismissed applications from the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash and was fighting deportation back to India.  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years for causing the 2018 crash in Saskatchewan that killed 16 people and injured 13 others. He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving charges. The rookie Calgary […]

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 […]

Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP is investigating a collision that killed two people. At around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, RCMP responded to a two-car collision on Highway #10, east of Fort Qu’Appelle. An initial investigation has found that the driver and sole occupant of one car was declared deceased by EMS at the scene. She has been […]

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 […]

Saskatchewan’s oilpatch emits a potent greenhouse gas at a higher rate than almost anywhere else in North America, indicates new research from one of Canada’s premier climate labs. A published paper from Carleton University’s Energy and Emissions Research Lab concludes that on average, the province leaks about 2.6 per cent of the natural gas it […]

Members of Parliament lost an entire day of work in the House of Commons after a voting marathon forced by the Conservatives, after sneaking in bites of burgers and Christmas card-writing overnight. The voting ended late Friday, with the House adjourned until Monday. The non-stop voting on 135 spending measures, which happened both in person […]

A Regina doctor is facing fraud charges after an investigation by the Regina Police Service. Police say that investigators began looking into the file of a doctor who owns a practice in Regina after the Ministry of Health reported what they believed to be billing irregularities. The offences occurred between 2016 and 2019. The doctor, […]