The Government of Saskatchewan is continuing funding towards Regina’s temporary emergency wellness centre. An additional $665,000 will allow the Regina Treaty and Status Indian Services (RT/SIS) to extend the operations at The Gathering Place: New Beginnings, a 40-bed emergency wellness centre, for five additional months. The shelter provides support to Regina residents in need 24 […]
Old man Winter isn’t ready to take his annual nap just yet, as a Special Weather Statement issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada is calling for more snow. The statement says a spring storm is set to bring a mix of rain and heavy snow to portions of southern Saskatchewan on Tuesday night into […]
Experience Regina is no more for now, as the REAL Board of Directors announced the return of the Tourism Regina name while a review is underway. After the ‘botched’ rebrand led to criticism and the City of Regina making national and international news, the REAL Board announced the change to “ensuring the future of tourism […]
Amidst the Experience Regina controversy, a big announcement came from the REAL district today. “Over the past few weeks, we have been working with our owners to determine the best path forward for our tourism agency. At this time the decision has been made to return to Tourism Regina’s name and reactivate the website and […]
Regina’s Executive Committee has approved the temporary use of ‘The Yards.’ In a report presented to the committee, the Regina Warehouse Business Improvement District said they want to provide interim parking to support businesses impacted by construction on Dewdney Avenue, along with programming on The Yards site. A total of 120 temporary stalls on The […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was at the Sherwood Co-op in Regina to highlight their grocery rebate and other affordability measures from its 2023 budget. “The rising cost of living has been made worse in recent years by the pandemic and Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine. Even though analysts are predicting good news as inflation is […]
Seven months after Saskatchewan RCMP seized money, it has been forfeited to Saskatchewan’s Civil Forfeiture Program. On September 1, 2022, the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol conducted a commercial traffic inspection on a semi-truck travelling east on the outskirts of Regina. During an inspection, officers noted commercial vehicle violations and missing documentation. A search of the semi-truck […]
A total of 268 firearms and 4,762 rounds of ammunition were turned in to various police agencies across the province as part of the 2023 Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police Firearm Amnesty. During the amnesty, residents were encouraged to turn in their unwanted or replica firearms and ammunition without fear of charges being laid […]
Regina-Wascana Member of Parliament Michael Kram has launched a website and an online petition supporting the RCMP Depot. Kram’s launch comes after the Mass Casualty Commission investigation into the 2020 Nova Scotia shootings recommended that the depot be eliminated and replaced by a Canadian Police College elsewhere in the country. “There is no minimizing the […]
The Government of Saskatchewan announced that four teams are moving forward to the next stage for the Regina General Hospital Parkade project. Four teams have been invited for the project’s Request for Proposal (RFP) phase. Graham Capital Partners LP, Link Developments, MDL Management Ltd., and Winchester Management Inc were the chosen teams. The selected team […]
