Two Regina men have been arrested and charged after one man was sent to the hospital. The Regina Police Service was called to a house on Princess Street on February 5 for reports of an injured man. When they arrived, police located the man, who was later transported to the hospital by EMS and treated […]
The City of Regina received $2.96 million from the Government of Canada to help address gun and gang violence. Pam Damoff, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, was in Regina for the announcement, which will be funded through the $250 million Building Safer Communities Fund to help address the underlying conditions that give […]
The Regina Trade and Skills Centre (RTSC) has partnered with the Regina Food Bank to reroof the Food Bank’s new building. Students from RTSC Commercial & Industrial Roofing class will take their training to the site by reroofing 7100 square feet of Regina’s Food Banks’ main building. The building improvement would have originally cost Regina […]
Regina’s executive committee approved a motion that will see the city install an elevator at the new Wascana Pool, allowing everyone to enjoy the pool’s waterslides. The elevator will cost around $555,000 to install and around $27,000 in annual maintenance and will be one of the first-of-its-kind in the country. The capital costs include design, […]
The City of Regina is set to receive funding from the federal government to help electrify its fleet of buses. The City will receive $26.1 million from the federal government’s zero-emission transit fund to help upgrade the infrastructure at the City’s transit fleet maintenance facility on Winnipeg Street to accommodate electric buses. The funding will […]
The federal and provincial governments are set to increase access for families with young children in rural Saskatchewan to mobile early learning opportunities. An additional $405,000 has been invested by the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan as part of the KidsFirst Regional programming. KidsFirst Regional travels to communities across the province, bringing unique learning opportunities […]
The City of Regina will hold a public information session about the Dewdney Avenue Corridor Revitalization Project. The upcoming two-year major construction project between Albert Street and Broad Street in the Warehouse District will replace aging underground infrastructure. The project is set to provide an opportunity to revitalize the surface, including a new road, sidewalks, […]
The Regina Humane Society is getting closer to finally having a new home. Bill Thorn, the director of marketing and public relations with the Humane Society, said construction on their new Animal Community Centre located in Harbour Landing is nearing completion. “We are getting tantalizing close after 15 years of planning,” he stated. “We are […]
After a local organization challenged Regina’s elected officials, several councillors accepted the challenge. The Regina Citizens Public Transit Coalition (RCPTC) issued the challenge last week, calling on elected leaders to use transit to get around the city for 48 hours. The purpose of the challenge was to familiarize city leadership with the “joys and woes” […]
The City of Regina is asking for residents’ feedback on its proposed Ward Boundary Review. The review comes from the Municipal Wards Commission’s proposed change to ensure the city’s population is distributed evenly before the 2024 municipal election. The proposed changes will impact all Regina wards, meaning some residents will vote in different wards. Residents can […]
