Regina
Jonathon Gatehouse on ‘Canada’s Worst Neighbourhood’
Ten years ago, Jonathon Gatehouse wrote about an impoverished and crime-plagued Regina neighbourhood. He reads some of the responses to a recent follow-up story.
Ten years later, we ask again: What’s wrong in Regina?
A decade ago, Maclean’s labelled North Central ‘Canada’s worst neighbourhood’. It remains a source of controversy and neglect.
Andrew Salgado, a ‘new Lucian Freud’
He’s got solo shows in NYC and London. Now the Canadian artist is ready for Regina.
The Scheer madness of Saskatchewan’s boundary battle
Colby Cosh on pie slices and the boundaries commission
INTERACTIVE: Canada’s richest cities
Where are the highest per capita incomes? Find out
Canada’s most dangerous cities: aggravated assault
Eschew dingy bars, dark alleys, harsh words, and all jokes about Saskatchewan
Parking woes hit University of Regina
School oversells parking passes by 25 per cent
Censorship in Regina?
Prof’s lecture on “The Case for Boycotts…” cancelled
A statistically unrepresentative sample of Canadian concerns
Over the last few days, Michael Ignatieff has discussed astrophysics with a six-year-old girl (true story), purchased two cakes from a Vancouver bakery, participated in Regina’s spring pow wow, shot a little pool and played with a bulldozer simulator in Dettah and shaken hands at BBQs in St. Isidore and Yellowknife.
Someone call Larry Bertuzzi to sort this out
The Conservatives may or may not allow gas tax revenues to be used to build a hockey arena in Quebec City, but the mayor of Quebec City isn’t open to using the city’s gas tax funding to build that arena and he and Quebec Premier Jean Charest are now ready to go ahead without the federal government’s involvement. Regardless, the mayor of Edmonton is upset, the city of St. Catharines is interested and the city of Regina is befuddled.
Team Bernier
Conservative MP Andrew Scheer voices some concerns.
Call this number now
If you or your town would like to host a large stadium, arena or field suitable for hosting professional sports activities, but don’t have the money to build one yourself, federal government operators are standing by to hear your request.