Wascana Park

Tree with Dutch Elm Disease removed from Wascana Centre

Tree with Dutch Elm Disease removed from Wascana Centre

Aug 26, 2024 | 3:36pm
To safeguard Regina’s tree population, Wascana Centre removed a Dutch Elm Disease (DED) infected tree last Tuesday. The infected tree was near Goose Hill, east of Wascana Parkway. Wascana Centre, which has around 5,000 elm trees, previously confirmed DED cases in 2014 and 2019. The Provincial Capital Commission (PCC) manages a DED Control Program, including […]
Get Ready for 10 days of Frosty Fun in Regina!

Get Ready for 10 days of Frosty Fun in Regina!

Jan 16, 2024 | 10:00am
Frost Regina is set to return another year! The annual festival presented by Federated Cooperatives is set to take place January 26th, to February 4th in Regina. This marks the 3rd year for winter festival – following a successful 2023. It’s been touted as “one of the best winter festivals in Canada” by the Globe […]

Sask. government pays Brandt $11.6 million after lawsuit over CNIB building

Jul 13, 2023 | 1:37pm

The Government of Saskatchewan announced they had reached a multi-million dollar settlement with a developer after a building project was stopped in Wascana Park. The province is paying Brandt Properties $11.62 million to settle a lawsuit launched by the company last year. The settlement ended a nearly nine-year saga of Brandt’s proposal to construct a […]

New Wascana Pool To Open Next Week

May 30, 2023 | 1:54pm

The re-construction is complete, and the new look “Wascana Pool” will open to the public next week. Mayor Sandra Masters says this was possible because of work done, by all three levels of government. “We are going to have a fully accessible outdoor pool that is in the jewel of our city, Wascana Park.” Masters […]

Man arrested for sexual assault near Wascana Park

Sep 12, 2022 | 3:49pm

A disturbing sexual assault happened in Regina Friday night. A 33-year-old woman was running in Wascana Park just off of Broadway Avenue, when an man unknown to the woman rode up on a scooter behind her, tackled her to the ground, pulled her into the bushes and sexually assaulted her. When she screamed for help, […]

Construction of new Wascana Pool to begin this month

Jun 2, 2021 | 11:21am

Waterslides, a hot tub and lap pool at Wascana Park? Those are some of the amenities that will soon be available to residents and visitors to the Regina park. The City of Regina announced Wednesday that construction of the new Wascana Pool will commence in June. The total of the project is $15.7 million with […]

NDP promises to end commercial development in Saskatchewan parks

Oct 10, 2020 | 12:36pm

Saskatchewan NDP Deputy Leader Nicole Sarauer promised that her party would end commercial development in the province’s urban parks. Joined in Wascana Park by fellow NDP candidates Carla Beck and Trent Wotherspoon Saturday morning, Sarauer announced that the NDP would also restore the governing system for the Prairie Capital Commission to its original state. “People […]

Saskatchewan won’t appeal Durocher decision

Oct 10, 2020 | 11:33am

The province will not appeal a court decision that ruled in favour of the “Walking with our Angels” camp that set up in Wascana Park this summer. The province went to court last month looking to remove the teepee set up by 24-year-old Tristen Durocher to protest the high suicide rates in the province’s north. […]

Walking With Our Angels protest camp closes down

Sep 14, 2020 | 4:58am

The Walking With Our Angels protest set up in Wascana Park in front of the Legislature came to an end Sunday. Tristen Durocher walked more than 630 kilometres earlier this summer from Air Ronge to Regina to protest a lack of action being done to prevent suicide in northern Saskatchewan. His protest included a 44 […]

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