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REGINA – The municipal election race in Regina is starting to take shape as more candidates start to launch their campaigns. So far candidates have announced for the mayor’s race and throughout the city’s ten wards, and what we do know so far is there will be a significant turnover in the council ranks. So […]

The race is on for the mayor’s seat in the Queen City. Regina Mayor Sandra Masters has officially declared her intention to seek a second term during the city’s State of the City Address. Masters expressed her commitment to ongoing work, emphasizing priorities such as infrastructure, affordability, and community safety. The municipal election is scheduled […]

  The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has released a new report calling on municipal governments across the country to make it easier for business owners to succeed. The report looked at 8 major municipalities in Western Canada. The report found 70 percent of small business owners in the west think their municipal government does […]

The City of Regina is inviting residents to participate in a boundary review of its ten municipal wards. The review comes as the City is required to review its ward boundaries after every three elections or when the population of a ward varies by more or less than 10 per cent from the average. “This […]

The City of Regina’s search for a new city manager is over. The City announced that they had hired Niki Anderson for the position. Anderson has twenty years of experience as a senior leader. Over the past four and a half years, she has held leadership roles with the City of Edmonton, most recently as […]

Ward 7 Councillor Terina Shaw has stepped down from her position as the Safety and Well-Being Committee Director. “I have come to the realization that my presence on the committee could be a distraction to the work that it will be doing,” Shaw said in a media release. “A question made by me has been […]

The City of Regina will be expanding where a backyard suite can be built. At last week’s city council meeting, council voted to allow developers and homeowners to build backyard suites anywhere in the City. Previously backyard suites were only permitted in three areas of the City as part of a series of pilot projects. […]

The price at gas pumps is driving up municipal costs and could potentially leave the city of Regina with a 4 million dollar bill. Every year the city budgets for fuel spending, this year fuel expenditures have been driven up by close to 55 percent, and amount that obviously does not fall within the city’s […]

Nominations are now open for candidates for rural municipal elections across Saskatchewan. In most RM’s, the odd-number divisions for councilors and the reeves are up for election. SARM president Ray Orb says October 7th is the nomination deadline for running for council. He encourages candidates to come forward. He is hoping for a good voter […]