Regina News

Two youths have been charged after Regina police responded to reports of two weapons calls at two elementary schools in North Regina. At 2:00 p.m. on December 14, School Resource Officers were called to a school in the 1900 block of 2nd Avenue North for a report of a bear spray incident involving a 12-year-old […]

Regina Exhibition Associated Limited (REAL) requests a larger budget for the city’s 2024 edition. REAL’s request comes in at $6.44 million, an increase of $5.3 million over the $1.1 million budget provided in the last three years. The budget is divided into three areas: $2.7 million for operations, $2.6 million for debt payments, and $1 […]

The Regina Airport Authority announced that Air Canada will increase summer capacity in 2024. Flights will peak at four flights a day to Toronto and three flights a day to Vancouver, and round-trip, non-stop daily service will be introduced to Montreal. Justin Reves, Director of Revenue Development, Public Relations, and Customer Experience, said that Air […]

City Manager Niki Anderson is the new Regina Exhibition Association Limited board chair. That is according to a brief statement provided by the City of Regina. Anderson replaces former chair Wayne Morsky, who resigned along with the rest of the board after city council voted to terminate the board. Jennifer Johnson, executive director of corporate […]

The Regina Police Service (RPS) had its net operating budget for 2024 approved by Regina’s city council. For 2024, RPS will see a net operating budget of $102.7 million, including over $115 million in gross operating expenditures and $12.5 million in anticipated revenues. The 2024 budget marks a $4.6 million or 4.7 per cent increase […]

Two people are dead following a house fire in Regina. Police say in a news release they were called to a residence on Rae Street shortly after 8:30 a.m. Saturday and found a home engulfed in flames. They say two residents of the home were outside and appeared to have minor injuries, but they told […]

A Regina doctor is facing fraud charges after an investigation by the Regina Police Service. Police say that investigators began looking into the file of a doctor who owns a practice in Regina after the Ministry of Health reported what they believed to be billing irregularities. The offences occurred between 2016 and 2019. The doctor, […]

Police have charged 38 year old Gregory David Keepness with second degree murder in the death of 36 year old Jessica Anne Matechuck on October 8th, 2023. That night, the Regina Police Service was called to the 2000 block of Ottawa street where they found the woman dead. Keepness was arrested Thursday, and will be […]

The City of Regina is predicting a year-end deficit of $1.6 million. That is according to a third-quarter forecast report that highlighted an overall increase over budget in revenues of $7.6 million, a decrease of $3.1 million from the mid-year forecast. This is mainly due to a forecasted reduction in municipal surcharge revenue due to […]

Food prices will keep rising in 2024, though at a slower pace, according to the latest Food Price Report. The 14th annual report by Dalhousie University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Guelph and the University of Saskatchewan predicted that food prices will rise between 2.5 per cent and 4.5 per cent next year as […]