REGINA — The Hospitals of Regina Foundation 2026 Fall Home Lottery is back again in Emerald Park with another attractive showhome location.
At its launch announcement Wednesday morning, the foundation confirmed it is offering a grand prize of a $1.825-million showhome at 193 Fairway Road.
Built by Ripplinger Homes, it will feature more than 4,300 square feet of living space, a custom kitchen, four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a private office, a triple garage, a wine room, a recreational basement and a back porch with a built-in fireplace, among other features.
Like the previous showhome in Emerald Park that was just awarded in the spring, it also offers good views of the golf course right across the street.
The grand prize winner will get the keys to the showhome, which will be awarded fully furnished, professionally decorated and landscaped, as well as $25,000.
This is the second time the Hospitals of Regina Foundation is offering a grand prize showhome in Emerald Park, after years of offering showhomes in the Creeks neighbourhood of Regina.
It made the move to Emerald Park after running out of room for new showhomes in the Creeks, and the foundation’s president and CEO, Dino Sophocleous, said the new location has been a successful one for the foundation.
“There was some discussion in the office about whether this would impact the program or not. The impact has been absolutely positive,” Sophocleous said. “We sold out the Spring Lottery showhome by the morning of the Early Bird deadline, I think, because we didn't go to midnight. And so the reaction of the public and the Lottery clients has been absolutely fantastic. No problems at all.”
He added the next Spring Lottery showhome is going to be right across the street, so “we're here to stay for a while.”
As for what is different and unique about what they are offering in the Home Lottery this fall, Sophocleous pointed to the location in particular.
“You'll notice that this lot, for example, compared to the Creeks that we used to be in until about a year ago, is actually huge. So I think I like that. I also, of course, my perennial favourite is the wine room in the basement. I've said that many times. I think when you put a showhome that is worth almost $2 million, you absolutely need to have a dedicated wine room. But I also like the fact that it's quite an open space, and it feels very spacious.”
Sophocleous also pointed to the 50-50 add-on tickets. The previous lottery's 50-50 jackpot was $1.187 million.
He said their 50-50 add-on “has been exceeding a million dollars for at least seven years now. I think that is a huge accomplishment. And thanks to this community, we fully expect to do that again this year. And I think that also speaks highly of how supported this particular program is by the community.”
In addition to the grand prize and the 50-50, there are a number of other prizes being offered. Those include:
The Early Bird Prize of a Cadillac Escalade and a seven-night Escape to Jamaica, or $150,000 in cash (deadline Oct. 23).
There is a Bora Bora vacation bonus prize or $125,000 in cash (deadline Sept. 25); an Australia or New Zealand VIP prize or $25,000 in cash (deadline Aug. 28); and the membership loyalty prize of $10,000 cash (deadline Nov. 6).
They are also offering weekday winnings add-on tickets as well.
The deadline for the grand prize showhome is Nov. 6, with the draw date Nov. 17.
This marks the 61st lottery for the Hospitals of Regina Foundation, which will celebrate its 40th year in 2027. Sophocleous said the previous 60 lotteries had raised $71.4 million for the foundation and the hospitals it supports.
Since 1987, he said, its donors, supporters, partners and lottery buyers have given more than $282 million to support health care in the community.
Where the proceeds go in 2026
Proceeds from this fall’s lottery will again go toward enhancing vital medical programs, including pediatric care, which Sophocleous said is a “top priority” for the foundation, as well as cardiac care, medical imaging and cancer treatment, including the assessment centres and oncology unit at Pasqua Hospital.
The foundation says it will be investing $1.8 million in maternal and pediatric programs alone and will also support the expansion of the NICU unit at Regina General Hospital with a commitment of up to $800,000 for the new beds and equipment required.
Tom Sorensen, director of maternal and children's programs for Regina and rural southern Saskatchewan with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, said thousands of kids are receiving care every single year.
He said their inpatient unit has 26 beds, and four of those are “high-acuity beds, so we can try and keep some of our sicker kids in Regina for longer, prior to having to transport them anywhere else.”
Sorensen said they have been busy with lots of newborns in Regina.
“I know we've seen about 4,000 babies a year being born in Regina,” he said. “So the schedule is growing, I'll say that. We're seeing more births year on year now than we have seen for the last little while. And we know that a percentage of those kids are always going to end up going to our NICU as well. So we're seeing roughly 500 kids a year in our NICU, and as well, they need longer stays just due to increasing complications. So the place becomes quite busy and fills up fairly quickly.”
Sorensen expressed appreciation to the Hospitals of Regina Foundation for its “commitment to support the technology and the equipment that we need to expand.”
“All of it is expensive but vital equipment that we couldn't do the job that we do without. That support is going to ensure our medical teams have what they need to care for the babies that are born too early or too small.”
Sophocleous said the NICU is a standard line item in the Hospitals of Regina Foundation budget every year, and he explained the reason why.
“In one word, babies,” Sophocleous said. “I think that the way society cares about children is indicative of its maturity … And, you know, to be fair to the other programs and units in our hospitals and our health-care facilities, they're all very deserving, clearly. And we, every year, obviously, we make investments. But the one that is always a standard one is the NICU. And that is because if we don't care for these babies when they need us the most, and when they are at their most vulnerable, well, then, when are we going to do that? So that is basically why.”
Sophocleous also said of the NICU that “I think it's the best in the province, by far. And the results speak for themselves. We treat these babies very, very successfully every year. And when I say we, by the way, I use the royal ‘we.’ It's Tom and his team that do that … But I think that's important. I think that really, if that is not going to be our number one priority every year, I don't know what would be. And that's why we make sure that they get pretty much what they need.”
