Regina Leader-Post
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
After four years of persistent road closures, construction on 11th Avenue has finally been completed and the downtown artery is now open. Mayor Chad Bachynski hosted an event Friday to officially announce that the extensive 11th Avenue Revitalization...
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FOUR STRAIGHT LOSSES
Montreal Alouettes wide receiver Tyson Philpot, right, makes a diving touchdown catch under coverage of Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back Damarcus Fields during CFL action in Montreal on Monday. The Als won 44-24, handing the Riders their fourth...
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SCHILL-IN ON THE COURSE
Dustin Schill chips a golf ball at the ninth hole of Regina's Joanne Goulet Golf Course. Golf season is winding down across the city, with municipal courses all closed as of Monday.
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IT'S TURKEY TIME AGAIN
Head cook Mike Boss covers turkeys on a tray with tin foil before putting them in the oven while preparing for a Thanksgiving meal in the community kitchen of Carmichael Outreach. Florence Hwang has a rundown of what's open and closed on Thanksgiving...
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LONG-TERM DEAL ON CHILD WELFARE
Māmowōhkamātowin, meaning “working together,” is the Cree name for the long-term child and family services reform agreement signed on Whitecap Dakota First Nation on Wednesday morning. Work together, they did. Everyone from national leaders to...
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AUTUMN EXERCISE
Shrouded by colourful fall leaves, a cyclist bikes along the shore of Wascana Lake. The forecast for Wednesday calls for a high of 17 C under mainly sunny skies.
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THIS HEIST IS A HIT
The Globe Theatre kicked off its 2026-27 season with a new comedy, Mosque Heist. The show, written by Zarqa Nawaz, is about a desperate caterer who tries to raise ransom money to save her husband from a loan shark. Starring, from left: Nawaz, Nimet...
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`TRUTH HAS TO COME FIRST'
David Brass, left, and his daughter, Meilani Brass, dance on Albert Street during an honour walk on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which was Wednesday. Reginans reflect on the significance of the day, and what needs to be done. Larissa...
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Site picked for small nuclear reactor
Saskatchewan rolled out its nuclear ambitions on Tuesday, naming the site for a small modular reactor and officially announcing a project for two large scale reactors. The government said it is advancing plans on nuclear projects slated to power the...
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`It's getting dangerous': Transit union
Veteran bus driver Trevor Ponscak says he was “flabbergasted” to be the victim of a recent assault while navigating his route to the University of Regina and Saskatchewan Polytechnic. “I was in shock,” Ponscak said in an interview with the Regina...
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What's happening on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Regina
Wednesday marks the fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It runs alongside Orange Shirt Day, which was first held in 2013 as a way to remember and acknowledge the damage done by residential schools. The idea came from the story of...
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New helium site in Sask. could become a global gas
Canada's largest helium production facility is now operational in southwest Saskatchewan, extracting enough of the gas to fill 180 million party balloons a year. Calgary-based North American Helium Inc. will start supplying the world with more of this...
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CENTRE OF ATTENTION
People display signs inside the council chamber of the Rural Municipality of Sherwood building in the middle of a meeting on Wednesday. Citizens gathered to protest against Bell Canada's proposed artificial intelligence data centre.
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STILL ON TRACK FOR '27
Government officials say a long-awaited second joint-use elementary school in Regina's Harbour Landing neighbourhood is on track to open next fall, despite vandalism earlier this year. Smoke damage on the second floor is not expected to affect...
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Family says 30-year-old's death avoidable with due care
A grieving Saskatoon family is hopeful their personal tragedy can lead to positive changes in the provincial health-care system. Kirsten Hanke died on Aug. 20 at the age of 30, collapsing after blot clots travelled from her ankle to her lungs. She...
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A SNEAKY OLE SURPRISE
It was a night that thousands of country music fans won't soon forget. The Canadian Country Music Association Awards took place over the weekend in Saskatoon, where locals lucky enough to attend got to see some of the industry's hottest stars....
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How Sask.'s new data centre plan compares
Artificial intelligence data centre plans in Canada are a billion-dollar look into the future, and Saskatchewan is in the middle of it all. Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. announced this week it's quadrupling the size of its planned AI data centre on the...
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11TH AVENUE AWAKENS
After four consecutive summers of hurting businesses and frustrating drivers, a major reconstruction project along 11th Avenue is expected to end next month and finally reopen downtown Regina's primary thoroughfare. “Let's kick it old-school (with a...
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Foo Fighters & Co. draw fans from afar to rock Mosaic
As a Californian's amplified voice boomed across a Regina football stadium Tuesday evening, an Ontario couple added their voices to the mix. But while Queens of the Stone Age and frontman Josh Homme had them singing together, it was the headliners who...
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Bell Canada to make Regina its AI HQ
Bell Canada intends to quadruple the size of an artificial intelligence data centre being constructed outside Regina as part of a major expansion that establishes Saskatchewan as the hub for Bell's national AI initiative. Mirko Bibic, Bell's president...
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IN SUPPORT OF HUNTER
It was a race weekend to remember for thousands of people who lined up for Queen City Marathon events. Participants in the Night Owl 5K hit the ground running Friday evening, while families filled Wascana Park on Saturday for the kids mini-marathon...
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Advocates call for help with homeless camp
Corinne Hardisty has been staying in the cluster of tents at Pepsi Park for most of this summer. Hardisty, originally from Manitoba, says she sold her home there when her mother died. She moved to Regina to be closer to family and rented for a while,...
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SCOUTS HONOUR
Jim Bzdel, recently inducted into the Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation's Wall of Honour, displays an exchanged stick from playing against the Soviets in the late 1960s. Bzdel, now 92 years old, scouted for 12 teams in three leagues through 36...
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REMEMBERING ACE AND AL
Garnet (Ace) Bailey's wife dropped him off at Boston's Logan Airport on Sept. 11, 2001, a routine little stop for a routine little flight. Bailey grew up on the Saskatchewan side of Lloydminster and spent much of his life in hockey and on airplanes,...
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75-year-old topples into `dangerous' sinkhole in yard
A Cathedral resident who recently fell into a sinkhole on her front lawn is calling on the city to fix it for public safety reasons. When Kathy Donovan, 75, went to pick some zucchini in her garden around suppertime on Sept. 3, she noticed a large...
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ON A MISSION FOR UNITY
Regina lawyer Loreley Chekay is the new president of the Canadian Bar Association and is out to move the needle by bringing the national legal community together on common goals.
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`A symbol of Canadian excellence'
The 113th Grey Cup will be played in Calgary in November, and Canadian Forces Snowbirds will perform the fleet's final flight above the field in a demonstration of Canadian air excellence. The Snowbirds have long served as ambassadors of the Canadian...
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SOCIAL MEDIA SURVEY
Saskatchewan Mental Health and Addictions Minister Lori Carr reveals the results of a survey regarding restrictions on social media for youths. An overwhelming 86 per cent of respondents support limitations on social media for children under the age of...
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Popular Regina ice cream parlour to close at the end of September
Several loyal customers came out to grab one last scoop before Dandy's Artisan Ice Cream closes its doors. The final day for the Regina business, with locations at 570 Albert St. and 4270 East Buckingham Dr., will be Sept. 27, according to a social...
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Brandt's takeover of REAL postponed
An agreement that would see the Brandt Group of Companies take control of Regina's event district has not closed by the date previously selected. Following a City of Regina news release about the deal's status, a city spokesperson confirmed to the...
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SCHOOLS REOPEN
Students across Regina return to their classrooms on Wednesday. Fynnley Blehm, who is entering kindergarten, is shown with his mom, Chelsey Blehm. Fynnley is happy to locate his seat for the school year during a backpack drop-off event at St. Dominic...
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`Small' cuts may be coming in budget
Regina city council is already weighing the pros and cons of keeping property taxes down in 2027 — and whether more budget cuts are worth another year of public discontent. Council held its first pre-budget discussion Tuesday during a special meeting...
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`VERY DISAPPOINTED'
TJ Singh, executive director of FC Regina, says his organization was blindsided by updates to the city's deal with Brandt that would see the company take over operation of the REAL District. The soccer club holds the primary lease for Affinityplex in...
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Moe split on tariffs against the U.S.
PRINCE ALBERT Saskatchewan's premier says a “reciprocal” 50 per cent tariff will be applied to American alcohol products, but he's opposing export tariffs on commodities like oil and potash. “On Sept. 8, Saskatchewan will reciprocate that tariff on...
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IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR
Saskatchewan's annual harvest is underway at a wheat field near Highway 219, just south of Saskatoon. The province's harvest season usually peaks in September and wraps up in October.
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`JUST THE BEGINNING'
An aerial view of Phase 1 of The Skuare, a new public gathering space downtown at Cornwall Street and 12th Avenue. It's part of a broader downtown revitalization initiative.
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Wheels on bikes go round and round in Parkinson's disease fundraiser
Five days and 660 kilometres. For Phil Rayner, cycling is about companionship, not distance. “I just enjoyed the company and the camaraderie of group riding, and it's something different to do,” said Rayner, who's from Regina. He rolled through town...
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AIR APPARENT
Grayson Oulette makes a jump while skateboarding at Wascana Skateboard Plaza on a sunny day in Regina this week. Enjoy the sun today as thunderstorms are expected to roll through the area tomorrow, then a mix of sun and cloud for the early part of the...
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Man sentenced for attempted murder of three kids in Regina
As winter's grip refused to let go of the Queen City, a teen much too young to buy cigarettes suffered the chill and took a drag. On Regina's Pasqua Street, in the early morning hours of March 29, 2025, the most imminent threat to the health of the...
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MEET THE CLASS OF 2026
Dick White, vice-president of the Regina Sports Hall of Fame, middle, speaks on Tuesday at Co-operators Arena during the announcement of the Class of 2026 for the Hall of Fame. Longtime sports broadcasters Mal and Dale Isaac are among the new inductees.
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Willow Bunch Giant story a tall order
Jessie Ray Short's extremely tall relative, who was internationally known as the “Willow Bunch Giant,” made headlines more than 100 years ago. He's now back in the spotlight because of her new film, which is to be featured Wednesday at the Regina...
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Data centres boost computer prices
Parents and students who are computer shopping for the upcoming school year may experience some sticker shock. That's due in part to the increasing demand for artificial intelligence data centres, which are popping up around the country — including...
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CARRYING THE TUNES
Cassian Owen, 12, will represent Saskatchewan at the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Competition in High River, Alta. He will be joined by Métis fiddler Joseph Desjarlais, who is returning to Grand Masters after competing in 2024. Michelle Berg has the...
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Downtown mosque resumes the call to prayer on Fridays
Despite opposition conveyed in a voluntary survey, the Regina City Jamia Masjid has resumed broadcasting the Adhan — an Islamic call to worship — on Fridays at noon. The mosque conducted its survey on July 17 at an open house, which came on the heels...
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PROCESSING THE TRAUMA OF WAR
Fawaz Al-matrouk says his new film, Alien Boy, shot mostly in Regina, was inspired by childhood recollections of moving to Canada from Kuwait amid an Iraqi invasion which launched the Gulf War in 1990. Production for the movie wrapped on July 31 after...
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Matsuri Japanese Summer Festival returns after a seven-year hiatus
Koreto Yamauchi wants to bring a piece of Japan to Regina this summer. On Aug. 29, the Performing Arts Centre hosts the Regina Matsuri Japanese Summer Festival, a celebration of culture, tradition and community. Matsuri is the Japanese word for...
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THE SIGHTS OF THE QCX
Hundreds of people weighed their entertainment options last week at the 2026 Queen City Ex at the REAL District. Photojournalist Heywood Yu was on the front lines of all the fun.
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SOME FAN-TASTIC DEALS
Shaun Semple, owner of Brandt Sports and Entertainment, speaks during a news conference Thursday at Mosaic Stadium announcing new ticket options for the Regina Pats. The Western Hockey League team, owned by Brandt, has reduced the cost of single-game...
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APPLYING THEMSELVES
From left: Kennedy Slopinski, Emily Korchynski, Olivia Ikegwuon and Aria Gosselin build a miniature tipi during Educating Youth in Engineering & Science (EYES) summer camp at the University of Regina. EYES is a non-profit organization that provides...
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700-plus docs added from elsewhere
Dr. Brian Stout was looking for a change after 10 years of practising pediatric emergency medicine in Florida, when an online advertisement caught his eye. The Buffalo-born physician says the ad from the Saskatchewan Healthcare Recruitment Agency...
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Farmers to take to the skies with new drone technology
Drones could soon be seen hovering above rural farmlands as the technology receives government approval and becomes more widely embraced in agriculture. Some businesses say there is more demand for these remote-controlled, chemical-dropping aircraft...
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Booze makers welcome interprovincial agreement
Some Saskatchewan distilleries and breweries are toasting the news that Canadians can now order alcoholic beverages across provincial borders from most of the country's licensed producers. This is thanks to a new Direct-to-consumer sales agreement...
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THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Mya Brochu, left, passes a beverage to Drew Lipon on the patio of Bar Willow Eatery in Regina on Wednesday. With summer now in full swing, so are the city's many patio spots — check out our list of local favourites and suggestions where you can enjoy...
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RIDERS HONOUR CRASH VICTIMS
Head coach Corey Mace, pictured in this file photo, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders hosted the Edmonton Elks on Thursday at Mosaic Stadium. For game coverage, visit www.leaderpost.com and for coverage on how the Roughriders honoured crash victim...
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Moe: Talks, not posts, key in tariff deal
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says tackling the threat of 50 per cent American tariffs on a range of Canadian products is not going to happen on social media, nor will it occur in the public sphere. Instead, it needs to happen at the negotiation...
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Riders' Dalke killed while going wrong way on Hwy. 11
The families of two men are awaiting toxicology reports after a fatal collision in which a vehicle driven by a Saskatchewan Roughriders captain was travelling on the wrong side of the highway. Jayden Dalke, a five-year veteran with the Roughriders,...
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Carmichael `failed' the people: Rivera
Mirtha Rivera says she resigned from Carmichael Outreach's board of directors last week over concerns that the non-profit organization is at risk of running out of money. In a news conference outside Carmichael's 12th Avenue building last Thursday,...
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`PROBABLY THE NEW NORM'
A City of Regina worker carries branches off a tree infected by Dutch elm disease in the Lakeview area to a shredder. The city says it has already confirmed 26 cases of infected elm trees this summer, and that the disease may be here to stay.
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Legion is always `here for veterans'
As long as there are soldiers, the Royal Canadian Legion will exist, says past-president and Afghanistan war veteran Henry Sobchyshyn. The national, provincial and Regina branches are all celebrating their 100th anniversary this year. “The Legion is...
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Snowbirds have reached `end of an era' in Moose Jaw
In 1996, hobby pilot Lyle Johnson bought a Challenger II ultralight plane and, with special permission from the Canadian military, painted it a glossy red-and-white split just like a Snowbird. “It's not fast enough to be a Snowbird, so that's why it's...
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SOUNDS GOOD TO US
Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Kian Schaffer-baker wants to hear it from the crowd at Mosaic Stadium on Sunday. The Riders improved to 4-1 on the CFL season with a decisive 38-7 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-cats. Darrell Davis has the post-game...
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A.J. IS ON THE WAY
After a two-game absence, Saskatchewan Roughriders running back A.J. Ouellette is on track to make a return to the lineup this week. “Feels good to be back out there running with the guys,” said Ouellette, who is expected to be on the roster when...
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Pipeline has `less than 50 per cent chance'
A proposed $35-billion oil pipeline to the west coast — backed by the federal and Alberta governments — signals the country is willing to produce and export more crude, industry insiders say. Even as the deal reached by Prime Minister Mark Carney and...
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Speed cameras temporarily inactive
Saskatchewan Government Insurance has a need for speed cameras after its vendor prematurely bolted. “The previous vendor made a business decision to end services earlier than originally planned,” SGI said in a statement. Now, “equipment will be...
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`I LOVE THIS SPORT'
Saskatchewan's Abby Fendelet has come a long way in the sport of baton twirling, but she aspires to go even further. The 16-year-old athlete hails from a farm near Hafford — about 100 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon — and was part of Team...
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LET'S GIVE IT A TWIRL
Malia Briere competes in the 2026 Canadian baton twirling championships at the University of Regina's Centre for Kinesiology, Health and Sport. Leader-post photojournalist Heywood Yu was there to capture some of the action at the event that features...
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Local Ghanaian soccer fan got free World Cup tickets to a recent game
Regina resident George Sakyi is hopeful his home country of Ghana will make the FIFA World Cup playoffs despite losing 2-1 to Croatia on Saturday. When Ghana plays its next game this Friday against Colombia, Sakyi plans to cheer for his team while...
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