The Regina Folk Festival is looking to the community for help. Through social media, the festival stated that it is struggling. “It’s no secret that the festival has experienced significant challenges over the past several years, which we continue to feel the effects of,” the post read. “The economic challenges resulting from the pandemic include […]
Jason Young measures the success of his students from one year to the next, celebrating wins both big and small. The director of education for Saskatchewan’s Northern Lights School Division, which is responsible for most of the province’s northern communities, says it’s important to highlight every bit of progress among Indigenous students despite graduation rates […]
The City of Regina is on pace to see a record number of drug-related deaths. The City has seen 55 overdose deaths through the end of April. That number is on pace to break 2021’s 164 record deaths by one. The 55 deaths through the first four months also mark the most the RPS has […]
Canada should give “urgent consideration” to legal mechanisms as a way to combat residential school denialism, said a report last week from the independent special interlocutor on unmarked graves. Justice Minister David Lametti said he is open to such a solution. Kimberly Murray made the call in her newly released interim report, just over a […]
Regina’s executive committee voted for the city not to further expand its domestic chemical pesticide usage restrictions. It was back in April 2021 that the city began a review on non-essential pesticides. It was only recently that a report presented to the executive committee looked at options for further regulating public and private pesticide use […]
Dashcam footage seized from a transport truck that collided with a minibus full of seniors, killing 15, shows the bus pulled into the lane where the truck had the right-of-way, Manitoba RCMP said Friday. “We don’t know why the bus proceeded into the (truck’s) lane, but that is something we’re going to continue to look […]
A 17-year-old is facing 52 total charges after a series of residential break and enters. Beginning in early May of this year, the Regina Police Service began an investigation into a string of break and enters with similar methods of operations. The incidents originated in northwest Regina neighbours but soon expanded to other city areas. […]
Pride Month in Saskatchewan has passed the halfway mark, with plenty of communities holding events to celebrate, with plenty more set to take place in the second half. Saskatoon Meewasin MLA Nathaniel Teed has attended plenty of the Pride events this month across the month. As the first and only openly-gay MLA in the province, […]
The Regina Humane Society (RHS) is holding a three-day, zero-dollar fee dog adoption event this weekend to tackle dog overpopulation at the shelter. Bill Thorn, the director of marketing and public relations with the RHS, said the event provides an excellent opportunity for potential adopters to find their perfect canine companion. “All through 2023 so […]
The City of Regina announced they would provide a 24-hour portable washroom in Victoria Park, focusing on helping those living on the streets. The announcement comes after the city removed an unauthorized porta-potty in another park near the downtown. The City currently has two public-use washrooms downtown, one in City Hall and the other in […]
