The newest tool in the war on waste will be rolling to your door. The City of Regina will begin delivering the “Green Carts” starting today (Saturday). These carts go right along side your brown cart for garbage, and your blue bin for recycling. The “Green Carts” come with a small kitchen catcher you place […]
Discovering news articles and videos on Facebook and Instagram will soon become a relic of the past, as Meta announced it is officially ending news availability in Canada. Meta said Tuesday that within a few weeks, it will remove news for all Canadian users of its popular Facebook and Instagram platforms. In June, the company started running a […]
Three people are facing charges of drug trafficking following a six-week investigation. On July 27, members of the Regina Police Service’s Crime Reduction Team, with assistance from the SWAT team, executed a search warrant in the 700 block of Albert Street. As a result of the search warrant, two men and one woman were taken […]
Saskatchewan’s Crown corporations are reporting sizable earning losses this year, with the government-owned electrical utility facing its biggest financial hit yet. The reports, released by the Saskatchewan Party government on Friday, show SaskPower is staring down a net loss of $172 million. The Crown corporation said in its 2022-23 annual report that the loss is […]
ParticiPACTION has named Regina as Saskatchewan’s Most Active Community. Residents were encouraged to get active throughout June as part of the fourth edition of the Community Challenge. Regina tracked over 2.2 million minutes of physical activity through 300 community members and organizations. The Queen City also won $15,000, which will be used to support the […]
The Regina Police Service is investigating the city’s fourth homicide of 2023. Early Saturday morning, police were dispatched to the 2100 block of Broad Street for an injured man. The man was pronounced dead on the scene shortly after by EMS. The RPS’s Major Crime Unit and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service are investigating the homicide. […]
Regina police received a hostile welcome when they arrived Friday to tear down the tent encampment in front of City Hall. The decommissioning started at 1:30 p.m. with one police officer saying, “Anyone who is asked to leave and refuses will be arrested.” It follows Regina Fire Chief Layne Jackson’s decision on Thursday. “Regina Fire […]
The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics released its annual comparison of police-reported crime statistics for 2022. The report compares police-reported crime across Canada’s Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA). It looks at total crime incidents (Crime Rate) and an index that considers the severity of crimes committed (Crime Severity Index). Regina, who has been near the top […]
