For its second year, the Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council (SWRC) is initiating its Warm Hearts Project. “We have two main goals. We’re trying to get jackets out of the landfill or avoid having them in the landfill as well as trying to get warm jackets onto people that need them,” says Meg Dorwart, Communications and […]
The doors are officially open for the Canadian Western Agribition in the REAL District. Since it’s opening day, anyone looking to go enjoy today’s events will get free admission at the door. over a hundred-thousand people from across North America are expected to come to the exhibition throughout the week. Up to 2000 livestock heads […]
It’s been announced that there are now 5 operational harm reduction vans in the province. The fifth van is now working 5 days a week in Prince Albert. The other vans are working in Regina, Saskatoon, North Battleford, and Yorkton. Harm reduction van staff provide safer injection and inhalation supplies, safer sex supplies, naloxone, as […]
The 36th Santa Claus Parade will be taking over Regina this afternoon. The parade starts at noon. It’ll begin at Wheaton Kia and will go along 2nd Avenue North and Albert Street. The parade will continue up Albert Street until 7th Avenue North. Santa will then be dropped off at the Northgate Mall parking lot. […]
Regina transit was used to its full force when Canada’s biggest football festival rolled into the heartland last week. A total of 18,765 visitors and residents scored free transportation by climbing aboard Grey Cup shuttle buses from Thursday to Sunday On Grey Cup Sunday, 7,675 football fans used the shuttle buses, which was more customers […]
Black Friday has arrived, and many local businesses are excited about the upcoming rush of shoppers. Tony Playter, CEO of the Regina and District Chamber of Commerce, said it’s a great opportunity for everybody to help out local businesses. “The key is to shop local,” he stated. “You’re helping your neighbours, your friends, and their […]
Regina has hit triple digits in drug overdoses for the third straight year. As of the end of October and City has seen 102 deaths related to drug overdoses after police reported 12 apparent drug deaths in the month. That number is down compared to last year, when the City saw 118 deaths related to […]
The City of Regina is set to receive almost three million dollars from the Federal Government to make the Queen City safer. The city will receive $2.9 million through the new federal Building Safer Communities Funding (BSCF) program, which will help communities develop community-based prevention and intervention strategies to tackle gun and gang activity across […]
Just before 8 o’clock this morning, emergency crews converged on the corner of Rose and 12 Avenue in Regina after a report of a pedestrian being hit. There aren’t a lot of details at this point, as the police are investigating. It appears the driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene and is talking […]
Saskatchewan is to soon gain control of the carbon pricing charge that shows up on residents power bills. But Premier Scott Moe and his Saskatchewan Party government are still mulling over how that new revenue should be spent. Since 2019, a carbon backstop has been placed on Saskatchewan Power Corporation bills to account for its greenhouse gas emissions. The money […]
