civic politics

Moose Jaw council’s 2025 meetings start times may change

Moose Jaw council’s 2025 meetings start times may change

Oct 29, 2024 | 11:03am
MOOSE JAW — City council approved its 2025 regular and executive committee schedules during its final meeting recently, with city administration acknowledging that it may be possible to change the 4 p.m. start time. During council’s final meeting of this term, Coun. Kim Robinson asked whether the 4 p.m. start time was “set in stone.” […]
Notice of motion presented for Dewdney Ave. name change

Notice of motion presented for Dewdney Ave. name change

May 23, 2024 | 4:54am
 A call to change the name of Dewdney Ave. in Regina is going to come to the floor soon at Regina City Council. A notice of motion was submitted Wednesday for a resolution that council approve Dewdney Ave. “to be renamed as soon as practicable, and direct administration to consult with relevant stakeholders and the Civic Naming […]

Independent review and report of city operations finds areas where savings can be found

Dec 5, 2021 | 7:00am

  A City of Regina efficiency review has found 14 areas where $17 million could be saved. That review which was done independently by Deloitte  looked into six services areas: parks, procurement, fleet, facilities, roadways and information technology. Mayor Sandra Masters campaigned on performing a review like this with the aim being to find 15 […]

Ballpark project takes a different route

Oct 27, 2021 | 6:33pm

Regina mayor Sandra Masters says she isn’t sure if there is a true need for a new baseball facility in Regina even though many delegations told her and council that there is on Wednesday during a meeting of Regina City Council. The Regina Red Sox and Living Sky Sports and Entertainment would like to build […]

Baseball community showing support for proposed Red Sox facility

Oct 27, 2021 | 9:01am

The city committed an error earlier this month when they rejected a proposal to spend $100,000 on a feasibility study into a proposed new baseball facility that would go in the railyards in downtown Regina. That is the opinion of many in the baseball community. They will try and let Council know that they should […]

Keeping Regina roads in good shape is what citizens want in budget survey

Oct 18, 2021 | 4:49pm

Road construction and repair remains at the top of the list when it comes to how the city should be prioritizing things as it plans for the 2022 budget. 73 percent of 1,300 residents who answered a survey on the topic say that area remains number one on their spending list with public safety and […]

New Moose Jaw mayor to be chosen in November

Aug 25, 2021 | 1:41pm

Moose Jaw will pick its new mayor on November 3. The city needs a new leader after Fraser Tolmie stepped down earlier this month as he is seeking to become an MP for the Conservatives in the riding of Moose Jaw-Lumsden-Lake Centre. Councillor Dawn Luhning (loon-ning) will serve as mayor until the byelection is held. […]

City makes immediate changes on policy of having flags fly at half-mast.

Jun 17, 2021 | 12:07pm

The city is reversing a policy on flags after taking some heat following the death of an RCMP officer. Several were outraged to see flags at City Hall were not flying at half mast in the city that calls the RCMP depot home in the wake of Constable Shelby Patton’s death last Saturday in Wolseley. […]

Regina’s old Costco building could become car lot

Jun 9, 2021 | 10:25am

Regina City Council meets Wednesday afternoon with one item on the agenda seeing the old Costco building in Regina’s east end being turned into a car lot. The planning commission has recommended that the application be approved meaning a Regina Auto Gallery dealership would take over the building and land around it. The building on […]

Special meeting of Regina city council happening Monday to talk possible land sale

Apr 12, 2021 | 10:30am

Regina city councillors are sitting down Monday afternoon  to discuss a land sale. An unknown purchaser wants to buy some land north of the city with administration saying the proposed development that would follow would result in a substantial economic opportunity. City administration says its recommendation is to sell the land at a pricetag of […]

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