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Tents are once again filling a park in Regina’s Heritage neighbourhood, putting the city’s new approach to homeless encampments to the test.
On the Evan Bray Show, Regina Police Service Chief Lorilee Davies described it as a “person-centric” approach.
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Listen to the full interview with Davies:
“Every person is being asked, ‘What can we do? Can we set you up with housing? Are you in need of addiction treatment?’ And so it’s really trying to deal with people individually to determine if there’s a way out of that encampment,” Davies explained.
In November 2025, city council approved an outreach-based approach after previous encampments were dismantled.
Davies said a multi-sector committee meets weekly to answer questions.
“Who’s going to be out there, what days, what should we be doing, what services are missing, what are the gaps that we need to see,” she said, “and so I would say there’s a lot more coordinated communication and a lot more coordinated response at this time.”
She added that the goal would be to have everyone out of the encampment by winter.
“Fires are a huge concern, and obviously that can lead to loss of life. If we can get people into permanent supportive housing, that is always the end goal,” Davies said. “And if that were to happen next week, that would be even better.”
Mayor Chad Bachynski also weighed in, explaining the new approach in a social media video and elaborating in a separate appearance on the Evan Bray Show.
“I want to be very clear: we do not want to have encampments in the city. That is not the goal. That is not a safe place for people to live,” he said.
“With that people-centred approach, person by person, we need to understand what they need, and then from my perspective, get that information to the province and say, ‘we have somebody that is needing this service. Province, do you have a space today?’ And we need that. We need that to be available right now,” Bachynski added.
