REGINA The COVID-19 pandemic has left more people looking for help with emergency food and shelter, so a resource has been taken over by the City of Regina to help those who don’t know where to turn. Every day, hundreds of people rely on Regina soup kitchens, the Regina Food Bank and social agencies to help them with essential needs, so the Regina Survival Guide is now readily available on the City of Regina’s website. “The City of Regina has taken it on to ensure that it has a permanent home and is able to be updated regularly,” said Kelly Husack, policy analyst with the City.
REGINA A colorful celebration took place on Maxwell Crescent on Sunday morning. The goal was to remind youth and all those in the LGBTQ2S+ community they are accepted and loved just as they are. The rally follows a sermon given last Sunday at Regina’s Victory Church that many in the pride community are saying was hate-filled and damaging. I wanted to be here today to show the youth that it is okay to be who you are whether you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual trans. you belong here, Flo Mingo, a Regina Drag Queen said Sunday. The rally was organized by the queer community after the church posted a sermon on Facebook titled Raising Godly Children.
REGINA A resident of the Heritage Neighbourhood in Regina is using her “Stitched Messages” project as a way to keep in touch with her neighbours. “I thought this would be a neat way for us to still talk to each other,” said Karlie King, the creator of Stitched Messages. “[The messages] are hidden, or not so hidden throughout the neighbourhood.” King received the Good Neighbour Community Grant a grant from the Heritage Community Association. It’s intended to engage and empower residents who help improve the community in some way. “The point of the grant is to come up with a project that creates community, gets us closer in the neighbourhood, gets people in the neighbourhood,” said King.
REGINA Facing Team Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher in the semi-final of the Canadian Men’s Curling National Championships, Team Matt Dunstone fell 6-5. “There’s nothing to hang our heads about. I mean it was a world class game, they played.we played awesome. The curling Gods were wearing a blue sweater today,” said skip, Matt Dunstone, referring Alberta’s jersey colours. Team Saskatchewan curled a combined 88 per cent, while Alberta was at a total 82 per cent efficiency. The rinks exchanged single points throughout the game, but Saskatchewan’s first error came in the eighth end. With hammer and facing two Alberta red stones, Dunstone was trying to tap Alberta’s rock out of the four foot and stick his own. However, Saskatchewan’s yellow rock rolled out to give up a steal of one.
SASKATOON Saskatoon was supposed to come alive with all the festivities the Juno Awards bring one year ago this week and the impact of the cancellation is still being felt in the city. “We had a Juno showcase with a couple other bands and obviously any time there’s a Junos event, a lot of industry folk and a lot of bands are playing in the city,” said W3apons band member Tallus Scott. Scott’s band did go through with their showcase performance, but it ended up being their last live event since the beginning of the pandemic.