Piles of dirty snow are a Canadian kid s kingdom
Every winter, tucked behind churches and at the edges of parking lots, you ll find temporary kingdoms for Canadian children who get a thrill from scaling filthy piles of snow that have been pushed off parking lots.
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Posted: Jan 13, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 13
Four-year-old Nico Huck Fraser and her seven-year-old brother Frank Huck Fraser discover the magic of this pile of dirty snow in Regina s Heritage neighbourhood. (Nichole Huck/CBC)
46.7% of Regina s private downtown land is used for parking: city report
A new report says almost half of the private land in Regina s downtown is dedicated to parking and the city s planning commission is set to debate Wednesday whether to allow more temporary parking lots in the area.
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Jan 6, 2021 11:58 AM
The former Capital Pointe property at the corner of Albert Street and Victoria Avenue could become a temporary parking lot. (980 CJME file photo)
Take a drive to Regina’s downtown and, in theory, finding a place to park shouldn’t be incredibly difficult.
That’s because almost half of all private land there is dedicated to parking.
That’s what a city administration report highlights. Surface parking lots account for 33.8 per cent while parking structures add on another 12.9 per cent for a total of 46.7 per cent. That translates into 16,100 spaces.
Regina’s planning commission is to go over the report Wednesday afternoon. It’ll try and decide whether the number of temporary parking lots is appropriate and under which circumstances they may operate before council gets a look at the report.
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 10:37 AM CT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Smith Street Lands Ltd. asked for a tax exemption on almost $700,000 owed to the city.(Bryan Eneas/CBC) comments
Regina city council has rejected a developer s request for a property tax reduction.
Smith Street Lands proposed buying the property formerly slated to house Capital Pointe, but said it would only do the deal if city council reduced tax penalties on it by about $692,562.60.
Those penalties have been accumulating since July 2018.
Robert Goldman, president of Smith Street Lands, and lawyers Tony Merchant and Dave Brundige all spoke to council on the request on Wednesday. City administration recommended council deny the request.
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