By Mitchell Blair
Jun 9, 2021 | 10:25 AM
Regina City Council meets Wednesday afternoon with one item on the agenda seeing the old Costco building in Regina’s east end being turned into a car lot.
The planning commission has recommended that the application be approved meaning a Regina Auto Gallery dealership would take over the building and land around it.
The building on University Park Drive, just off Victoria Avenue, has been vacant since a new Costco opened a few kilometers east on Anaquod Road a couple of years ago.
The proposed dealership is 15,410 square metres in size, which includes 11,010 square metres of indoor retail space and 4,400 square metres of outdoor retail space.
By Josh Sigurdson
Jun 9, 2021 | 4:00 PM
Regina City Council approved a report highlighting the legalization of cannabis on the city’s black market.
When legalization occurred in 2018, the city decided to allow only 6 stores, and enacting some of the strictest rules in the country.
Mayor Sandra Masters says the stores have had a devastating impact to the black market, and more stores would eliminate it even further.
“There is, clearly, much less being acquired or purchased within the black market,” said Masters. “The idea being, that if, we ease some of the restrictions relative to where and how many can operate, this should continue to chew away at some of that black market operation.”
By Drew Postey
Regina City Hall.
Regina City Council has decided they’ll replace public and private lead water service connections over the next 15 years, which was the recommendation from administration.
Regina, along with Moose Jaw and Saskatoon, historically have some of the highest levels of lead in their water supplies in Canada.
In adults lead increases the risk of high blood pressure, cardiovascular problems and kidney dysfunction, as well as complications during pregnancy.
The City estimates there are over 3,500 public property lead service connections, administration estimates at least another 7,000 are on private properties.
According to a city report, the average cost is between $5,000 and $10,000 to replace the lead connectors for homeowners, however payment plans are available.
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Regina’s city council decided late Wednesday night that it would draft its own bylaw this year to potentially ban conversion therapy instead of waiting for a federal bill.
The meeting, which lasted close to 10 hours, saw two notable amendments to the motion before council.
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First, the initial motion was for Mayor Sandra Masters to write a letter in support of Bill C-6 to the federal government. That was amended to say that city council instead supported “a conversion therapy ban,” dropping Bill C-6 from the letter.