By Liam O’Connor Fifty years after Heat Exchange’s music fell flat, the band was revived and has a new wave of fans who are finally ready for the progressive-rock group’s sound. Craig Carmody, who played horns for Heat Exchange, was signed along with the rest […]
Remembrance Day in Regina this year was marked with the first snowfall of the winter season. Blowing snow and freezing rain were not a concern for the hundreds of participants at the Regina Legion’s outdoor ceremony. The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 001 has a tradition […]
Braedyn Wozniak As the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada especially hard in Saskatchewan and Alberta, the way governments handled — or mishandled — the situation may have impacted the results of Monday’s federal election. “That was a question the prime minister was […]
Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation, located 65 kilometers east of Regina, did not have a polling station in its community, resulting in a lack of accessibility for voting for band members living on-reserve. Standing Buffalo is in the Regina – Qu’Appelle electoral district. There was a […]
Young voters play a crucial role in our democratic process. With the next generation of voters becoming eligible to submit their ballot, the youth voter turnout is still surprisingly low. In the 2019 federal election, only 54 percent of citizens aged 18-24 exercised their right […]
Regina’s old Costco has been transformed into a democratic hub this week. The warehouse is just over 11, 000 square metres. This makes it the largest polling station in Canadian voting history, according to Marie France Kenny from Elections Canada. Wait times on election day […]
Most University of Regina students have chosen to vote in person this election. Although mail-in ballots are becoming more and more popular between electors across the country, U of R students still prefer the old methods. “I like getting out there, getting involved and being […]
The University of Regina halls were quiet election Monday as many students visited the polls to vote. The vacant classrooms differed greatly from the 2019 election, when students lined out the door to vote on campus. For the 2021 election, many students felt polls were […]
Saskatchewan’s electric vehicle owners were surprised and disappointed on budget day when the government announced a new annual $150 tax on electric vehicles. “If I could sum it up in one word, it would be ‘short-sighted,” said Saskatoon resident Dalibor Slavik, one of the 403 […]
By: Kayla Guerrette This is the time of year when people go out and buy plastic containers and begin to grow box gardens on their porches and lawns. But for the past 21 years, Dean and Sylvia Kreutzer have been taking that idea much […]
