Regina News

The Regina Police Service has provided an update on last week’s motor vehicle-pedestrian collision. Police say that the man who was hit has since died. On the evening of Wednesday, December 20, at 6:20 p.m., police were dispatched to the intersection of 13th Avenue and Cameron Street. Information received indicated that a pedestrian crossing the […]

The Regina Police Service says that they have begun a homicide investigation after the discovery of a dead man in the 3000 block of 6th Avenue North. On Friday at 10:33 p.m., officers were dispatched to a residence in the 3000 block of 6th Avenue North, where they found the body of a man, who […]

The Regina Police Service said that the death investigation launched on Thursday is now being investigated as a homicide. It was on Thursday at 4:03 p.m. that officers were dispatched to the area of the 1300 block of Retallack Street. When officers arrived, they found a man who was transported by EMS to the Regina […]

Members of Grain and General Services Union Local 1, which represents workers from Viterra Country Operations and Maintenance and Local 2, which represents workers from Viterra’s Regina Head Office, say they are taking a stand to secure fair wages, improved work-life balance, and workplace respect in their collective agreements. After the pair of unions rejected […]

In a joint effort to address the pressing issue of food insecurity in Saskatchewan, over 15,000 Farm2Kitchen soup mix packages have been distributed in food hampers by the Regina Food Bank and the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre. The announcement comes after a collaborative effort between the USask College of Agriculture and Bioresources, the […]

Regina’s budget wasn’t without drama for the second consecutive year. Last year saw a lawsuit overshadowing the budget; this year, the poor presentation and organization of the budget led to the Regina city council passing the budget because people were ‘tired and wanted to go.’ After around 30 hours of deliberations, Councillor Bob Hawkins brought […]

After four days of deliberations, debate, and confusion over the 2024 budget, the City of Regina had its 2024 operating, capital, and utility, leading to a mill rate increase of 2.85 per cent. That increase included: Those increases are offset by a 3.09 per cent decrease associated with the garbage collection reduction. Also seeing an […]

Members of the Grain and General Services Union Local 1 (Viterra Country Operations and Maintenance) and Local 2 (Viterra Regina Head Office) have reached an impasse with Viterra over bargaining negotiations. After more than a year of negotiations, the unions, who have been frustrated by the lack of progress, members in both unions overwhelmingly voted […]

A 32-year-old woman has been taken into custody after a joy-ride in a stolen taxi left multiple businesses damaged, including the Cornwall Centre. Early Saturday morning, the Regina Police Service responded to a report of a Regina Co-Op Taxi theft in the 1100 block of Angus Street. Police located the taxi and attempted a traffic […]

The wild ride at City Hall continues as Regina council has voted to table its 2024 General Operating and Captial Budget for next week. Councillor Jason Mancenelli brought forward a tabling motion for council to pause deliberations on the pair of budgets for now and reconvene Monday at noon for continued discussions. That comes after […]