Regina usually has two Remembrance Day Ceremonies, but the one at the Brandt Centre is being cancelled this year because of COVID-19. While that one won’t go ahead, the ceremony at the Cenotaph in Victoria Park will continue, with 150 in attendance to oblige with health guidelines. Ron Hitchcock with the Regina Branch of the […]
Regina’s Conservative M.Ps held a virtual rally in front of the Sir John A. Macdonald statue in Victoria Park Thursday morning, with protesters also arriving to show their support for the tear down of the monument After recent calls for the statue’s removal because of Macdonald’s involvement of the residential school system, the Conservatives feel […]
Saturday afternoon in Regina was cloudy, windy and there was even some snow and rain to go along with it. But it was not enough to stop a group of activists to share their message with the public. Community members met at the cenotaph at Victoria Park shortly after noon on Saturday to take part […]
Downtown will be full of life Sunday night for the sophomore edition of Nuit Blanche Regina. The free art festival will feature a variety of pieces from sculptures and sound art to spoken word and theatre in a number of locations. Michelle Harazny, the artistic director for Nuit Blanche Regina, believes it’s an opportunity to […]
Over the next few months, you may notice some work being done at Victoria Park to brighten things up. Crews will soon be installing LED lighting along the park’s pathways. The project is expected to be ready before next summer at a cost of $365,000. The design will provide flexibility in lighting so that levels […]
About 250,000 ladybugs were dispersed to kids in Regina’s Victoria park Thursday. It’s the third annual event that the city of Regina organizes to teach kids about the usefulness of ladybugs. Spokesperson Russell Eirich said using ladybugs is a pesticide free way to control aphids. “We don’t always have to use pesticides, our area tries to […]
In an effort to address safety issues in Victoria Park, lighting is going to be upgraded. It is something the executive director of Regina Downtown, Judith Veresuk, has been looking for since assuming the role almost a decade ago. “It is nice to check off that box because it is something I have wanted to […]
