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Regina might be one of the last cities to get a compost program, but it's finally here. Here are some tips and trips on how to use your green bin.

Regina city council voted against declaring a houselessness emergency in the Queen City on Wednesday night.

Enjoyers of cheeseburgers, trailer park shenanigans and big hairy guts will be sure to have their fill at The Exchange this November.

Work has wrapped up for the year on the Regina's 11th Avenue restoration project, as the city reviews it due to higher than expected costs.

An investigation done by the Regina Police Service (RPS) Street Gang Unit (SGU) led to the arrest of 10 people, including a 13-year-old boy.

Regina residents will be able to choose their annual fee for curbside pickup based on the size of their garbage collection carts.

In the span of seven months, Valerie Lafontaine lost both of her adult daughters while they were living at the YWCA in Regina.

"That's a huge amount of waste diversion, which is great for the city. It's still early and the city will continue to monitor the success factors,” Doney said.

The German club is a non-profit cultural club founded in 1955. The club showcases the Garman culture through its choir, dance groups, language and schools.

The Art Now Fine Art Fair starts Sept. 14 in Regina, bringing together 11 Saskatchewan galleries with hundreds of works by regional and national artists.

The fair, at the Viterra International Trade Centre, offers free entry from Sept. 15 to Sept. 17, including a range of activities, from artist talks and panels to family programming.

Regina's International Airport is installing improved navigational lighting on its main runway.

The City of Regina says it cannot confirm the presence of biohazards in the city hall courtyard.

Tamara Lich's lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says he will argue on Monday afternoon that those witnesses should not be allowed to testify.

Emergency services were on the scene of an accident involving a tanker truck in the intersection of Victoria Avenue and Tower Road.

The province's largest marathon is on its mark, with several thousand people registered to participate.

The grass has grown back at Regina City Hall where a homeless encampment once sat but the public is still being told to stay away and the area continues to be fenced off.

Regina’s Ralph Latta was surprised when he opened up his green bin to find some unwanted visitors wiggling around.

“We started to use our green bin last Monday (Aug. 28). When I opened it on Friday to put some more garden waste in it, it was literally crawling with maggots, which kind of shocked me,” said Latta. “I could imagine some people that would have opened it and probably literally passed out.”

Police in Regina are exploring a novel method to curb crime.

The Regina Police Service said it’s recently started leaving marked police vehicles parked in “areas of concern” around the city. The vehicles are marked but decommissioned, the police service said, and will not always be occupied.

A parkade at the Regina General Hospital will mean a net increase of 686 parking stalls at the hospital which has long had parking issues.

The RM of Edenwold is reviewing policies, regulations, public discussion to determine whether or not the compost facility will break ground.

The student population at the University of Regina has reached an all-time high.

What started as a small washout is turning into a sinkhole in front of the home of a Regina couple.

It began as a baseball-sized hole, but it has slowly been crumbling inward to make a basketball-sized hole in the street in front of the house of Darryl and Bonita Breher on Arthur Street in the Coventry Place neighbourhood.

Darryl first noticed the hole in March and then called the City of Regina to request crews to come fix it as it began to worsen. Since then, a staff member put a construction blockade over the hole and took photos, but nothing has been fixed yet.

Several Regina police commissioners raised concerns about crime trends during their board meeting Tuesday.

Regina’s Urgent Care Centre is getting a financial boost from the Kinsmen Foundation.

The foundation announced Tuesday it’s giving the centre a gift of $305,250 to pay for its X-ray system, providing staff at the centre with immediate access to diagnostic imaging.

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