Author Archives: Lisa Schick

While most Saskatchewan residents who are eligible for a $500 affordability cheque have already got the money -- or "Moe bucks" -- there's a lingering group of cheques set to be sent out next week. Th...

Saskatchewan's chief coroner is looking to improve things after the drug overdose death of a man just hours after he was released from hospital. Shayne Turner, 31, died in November 2021 of a drug over...

One doesn't have to look too far back into 2022 for one of the biggest stories of the year in Regina: Two city councillors taking the new city manager to court. The case didn't come to anything -- it ...

When 2022 started, Carla Beck didn't have the Saskatchewan NDP leadership on her mind. But come June 26, she stood on stage at the leadership convention, beaming to a crowd of party supporters with he...

As he speeds into the new year with ideas about growth and autonomy, Premier Scott Moe paused to take a look back at the work done in the year that's about to end. Moe thinks Saskatchewan did a good j...

When Regina city council wrapped up its meeting and gave final approval for the 2023 budget, Ian Betz-Wood sitting in the gallery gave comment that let councillors know he wasn't happy with how things...

Even though the increase to Regina's property tax mill rate was brought down by a full percentage point, there were still murmurs of "shame" from the gallery as the vote passed. On the third day of co...

After spending much of Thursday listening to dozens of people from across Regina pushing for cash to back a plan to end homelessness in the city, at least one city councillor wants to do just that. Wh...

Pleading, instructing, negotiating and in some cases angrily berating, members of the public spent much of Thursday exhorting Regina city council to include a plan to end homelessness in the coming ye...

After several hours of presentations and questions, Regina city council approved the Regina Police Service budget for 2023, as is, late Wednesday afternoon. The 2023 budget is set to rise $6.3 million...