The Regina Police Service shared on Monday afternoon that they are aware of four deaths from drug overdoses and 92 overdoses in total in the city since the start of the year. Three other fatalities are still under investigation. Police have responded to 54 overdoses and have used Naloxone for 18 of them. The most recent death […]
Regina Police are now investigating their fifth homicide of the year. On Friday afternoon, RPS confirmed the death of 36-year-old David Anderson on Thursday evening is now considered as a murder case after he was found injured on the 1400 block of 6th Avenue. EMS transported Anderson to a local hospital, however he passed away […]
Regina Police are continuing to investigate a high number of drug overdoses happening in the city. Since January 1st, RPS has been made aware of 85 overdoses. Police have responded to 51 of those overdoses and have administered Narcan 18 times. Three people have died from overdoses and 3 other fatalities are currently under […]
The Regina Police Service says they do not use, endorse or have acquired a facial recognition app named Clearview AI. Recently, the software has been scrutinized by critics as an invasion of privacy since it uses artificial intelligence to match people’s photos with a collection containing billions of images from social media and other corners of the internet. On Thursday, […]
A 20- year-old Regina woman is facing weapons charges after an assault early Friday morning. Friday morning, around 4:00 am, Regina Police responded to a report of an knife attack on Knight Crescent. When police arrived, they found a female victim laying in the street with a stab wound. She was transported to the hospital. […]
Thursday afternoon, around 12:30 pm, Police responded to a report of a firearms offence on the 4700 block of Gordon Road. A male and female were seen leaving the store without paying for merchandise. When confronted outside of the store, the male suspect lifted his shirt to show off a gun tucked into his pants […]
The Regina Police Service is warning people of CRA scam attempts as tax season ramps up. While scams occur year-round, fraudsters who impersonate the Canada Revenue Agency or Service Canada, are taking advantage of the upcoming tax season to increase the number of potential victims through phone, texts, or emails. People have reported being contacted […]
The Queen City saw an increase of two per cent in total crime in 2019 with 24,579 reported incidents – the most out of any year from last decade. It also keeps the trend going upwards as the total crime rate increased for a sixth straight year in Regina. The Regina Police Service says that’s nearly […]
A 42-year-old Regina man faces charges after allegedly placing two cameras inside the women’s washroom at a business in the city’s northwest end Regina police say they started investigating January 20th after getting a report of a camera being found in the washroom of the Tim Hortons located on the 5800 block of Rochdale […]
Two men are facing assault charges after an incident early Friday morning. The incident occurred in the 1400 block of Lacon Street at around 7:05 am. Once on scene, police found that a 39-year-old woman had been assaulted. A 20-year-old man was taken into custody without incident. A second man, who was a resident of […]
