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Regina is the major city in the southern third of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is the provincial capital and was previously the territorial headquarters of the North-West Territories, of which today's provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta originally formed part. Regina was also the district headquarters of the District of Assiniboia. Regina (pronounced Template:IPA)—as was conventional pronunciation of Latin at the time of its founding (cf. the shouts of the Westminster choir boys at coronations of British monarchs: "Vivat Rex! Vivat Regina!")—is located at Template:Coor dm. Regina's elevation is 577 metres (1,893 ft) above mean sea level.

Despite having been established in a particularly difficult location on the Canadian prairies, Regina has grown to become the commercial centre of southern Saskatchewan and a cultural destination for both southern Saskatchewan and adjacent areas in the neighbouring American states of North Dakota and Montana, attracting numerous visitors for the relative vitality of its commerce, theatre, concerts and restaurants.

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Origins

Regina was established in 1882 when it became clear that Edgar Dewdney, the lieutenant-governor of the North-West Territories eschewed the previously-established and -considered Battleford, Qu'Appelle and Fort Qu'Appelle as the territorial headquarters. Dewdney had acquired land adjacent to the route of the future CPR line at "Pile of Bones," a site distinguished by collections of bison bones near a small spring run-off creek, some two to three kilometres downstream from its origin in the midst of what are now wheat fields. This obviously constituted an improper private interest of Dewdney's in promoting the otherwise improbable site of Pile-of-Bones as the territorial headquarters, but until 1896 when responsible government was accomplished, the territorial lieutenant-governor and council governed by fiat and there was little legitimate means of challenging such decisions.

The village (named Regina in 1882 after the reigning monarch, Queen Victoria or Victoria Regina) attained national prominence in 1885 during the North-West Rebellion despite the fact that the Canadian Pacific Railway had still only reached the formerly designated territorial headquarters of Troy (Qu'Appelle) some 30 miles to the east, which became the marshalling point to the northwest for troops arriving from eastern Canada by train. Subsequently, the rebellion's leader, Louis Riel, was tried and hanged in Regina — giving the infant community increased and, at the time, not-unwelcome prominence in connection with a figure of significance in Western Canada's history.

Regina was incorporated as a city on June 19, 1903 and was proclaimed the capital of the province of Saskatchewan on May 23, 1906 by the first provincial government, led by Premier Walter Scott.

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

Population: 178,225 (-1.2% from 1996)
Land area: 118.66 km²
Population density: 1,501.9 people/km²
Median age: 35.8 (males: 34.4, females: 36.9)
Total private dwellings: 74,814
Mean household income: $46,847

Regina's metropolitan area population was 199,000 as of 2005 with a annual growth rate of 0.4%.

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Climate and topography

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Climate

Regina has a dry climate with cold winters and moderate daytime temperatures during the summer — it is normal to have a handful of summer evenings warm enough for bathing in residential subdivision swimming pools or al fresco dining on the numerous outdoor patios and beer gardens. Even after the hottest summer days in July and August, Regina nights are normally cool.

Precipitation is heaviest from June through August with June being the wettest month at 75 mm (3 in). Annual precipitation is 390 mm (15 in) with December, January and March having the most snowfall (80% of the total). The average daily temperature for the year is 2.8°C. The lowest temperature ever recorded was -50°C (-58°F) on January 1, 1885 while the highest recorded temperature was 43°C (109.4 F) on July 5, 1937.

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Topography

Regina is situated on a broad, flat and treeless plain — though the land is fertile and productive. There is an abundance of parks and greenspaces, but most of the trees, shrubs and other plants were hand planted. As with other prairie cities, American elms were planted and are the dominant species in the urban forest. But the streetscape is in danger. Dutch elm disease has reached the community, but has been controlled through intense pest management programs. As well, species not susceptible to this disease are being planted.

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Demographics

Age Structure

  • 0-14 years: 20%
  • 15-64 years: 67.5%
  • 65 years and over: 12.5%

Racial Diversity

Religious Groups

Top Ten Ethnic Groups

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History

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Also see: History of Northwest Territories capital cities

After its establishment in 1882, Regina was quickly designated as the territorial headquarters of the North-West Territories, a land mass of more than 2.5 million square miles, including all of present day Saskatchewan, Alberta, the northern territories, and parts of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. It was also headquarters of the District of Assiniboia despite the fact that by 1885 the Canadian Pacific Railway had only reached Troy (later Qu'Appelle), some 30 miles to the east and at the time Regina was inaccessible except by horse, wagon or oxcart.

The CPR still had not reached Regina by the time of the Riel Rebellion in 1885 and, as the rail terminus, Qu'Appelle was the marshalling point for federal troops heading to the Northwest. However, Lieutenant-Governor Edgar Dewdney's private interests prevailed and the village became the headquarters of the Northwest Mounted Police and of the Territories. Many believed the more attractive and geographically endowed metropolitan centres at Qu'Appelle and Fort Qu'Appelle were neglected when the capital was chosen.

The capital was moved from Battleford, which had been the capital of the Territories from 1876 until Regina's designation as capital in 1883, after it was decided that the CPR would follow a southern route through the Roger's Pass, rather than the northern route, which would have seen the railway go through Battleford.

Upon the founding of the province of Saskatchewan, Regina was named the interim provincial capital. Regina became the permanent provinicial capital in 1906, following a vote of the provincial legislature. Its early history was of rapid growth which continued until the Great Depression began in 1929, at which point Saskatchewan had been the third province of Canada in both population and economic indicators. Thereafter, Saskatchewan never recovered its early promise and Regina's growth slowed and at times reversed. During the 1930s and '40s and beyond, Regina was the centre of considerable political activism and experiment as its people sought to adjust to new, reduced economic realities, such as low grain prices.

The early years of the province's social democratic government (first elected in 1944) brought into Regina a rich mix of civil servants ranging from a scion of Britain's Cadbury family to expatriate American intellectuals hounded out of their own country by anti-communist investigations. This era was still going on when the abstract expressionist art group nicknamed "The Regina Five" put the city on the continent's cultural map, indeed bringing it to the notice of New York art critic Clement Greenberg.

The city's population has stabilized in recent years at just under 200,000 but has continued to expand in physical size as the average number of people per household coninues to drop and new houses and businesses are built.

Events of national importance which occurred in Regina include:

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Visitor attractions

  • Royal Saskatchewan Museum (museum of natural history)
  • Saskatchewan Science Centre (interactive science museum with IMAX theatre)
  • Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
  • Saskatchewan Legislature Building
  • RCMP national training centre and museum. A national heritage centre is being built on the grounds and will be open in the spring of 2007.
  • Government House (Saskatchewan) (residence of NWT and Saskatchewan lieutenant-governors 1892-1945; restored to 19th century elegance and open to the public)
  • Casino Regina (located in the remodeled Canadian Pacific Railway station on Saskatchewan Drive, formerly South Railway Street)
  • The University of Regina grants under-graduate and graduate degrees in many fields. Research on the campus and at the adjoining research park will have a major impact on the way we live in the future. The petroleum research centre has provided information on how we can better retrieve and utilize this dwindling resource. The First Nations University of Canada is run by and for the First Nations peoples.
  • Taylor Field — the City of Regina-owned football stadium is home to the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. It also is the home stadium for the U of R Rams and Regina's high school football games.
  • Exhibition Park — according to the City of Regina's website, is the second largest trade show and exhibition space in Canada. It the venue for:
Buffalo Days Exhibition — similar to an American county or state fair — usually held the first week of August, it now includes midway rides, entertainment, fashion shows, home-making displays, and photo and art contests.
Royal Red Arabian Horse Show is the only Canadian event on the six show North American circuit for Arabian horse owners.
Canadian Western Agribition — held in late November yearly, it is the second largest livestock show in North America with attendees from as far as Europe and Japan.
Farm Progress Show — held in late spring it is touted as North America's largest dryland farming show with emphasis on the newest technology and equipment.
Brandt Centre — a combination facility that seats up to 7500 people that serves primarily as ice surface for hockey, curling and concerts, but, also hosts the National Finals Rodeo during Agribition. The Brandt Centre is often referred to by its former name: the Regina Agridome.
Credit Union EventPlex — a 90,000 sg.ft. multi purpose facility that opened in the summer of 2005. It is home to Regina's indoor soccer community with its removable turf and has hosted the Brier patch (a beer gardens that holds apprximately 6400 people)for the 2006 Tim Horton's Brier and was the wrestling venue for the 2005 Canada Summer Games.

Most buildings at Exhibition Park are connected by walkways and the public need not go outdoors to move about the fairgrounds.

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Natural recreational amenities

Regina has a large percentage of its overall area devoted to parks and greenspaces, with biking paths and other recreational facilities throughout the city. The City operates five municipal golf courses, including two in King's Park northeast of the city.

Within an hour's drive is the summer cottage country in the Qu'Appelle Valley with Last Mountain and Buffalo Pound Lakes, the four Fishing Lakes of Pasqua, Echo, Mission and Katepwa; slightly farther are Round and Crooked Lakes; there are modest skiing facilities at Buffalo Pound and Mission Lakes and Last Oak to the north of Broadview some 70 miles to the east on the trans-Canada highway.

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Wascana Centre

Image:Dkwasc3.jpg Wascana Centre (formally established in 1962) is a 9.3 square kilometre (2,300 acre) park built around Wascana Lake. It brings together lands and buildings owned by the City of Regina, University of Regina, and Province of Saskatchewan, each of which is represented on the board of directors.

Wascana Centre promotional literature touts it as being larger than New York City's Central Park at 843 acres (3.4 km²) and Vancouver's Stanley Park at 1,000 acres (4 km²) and as the third largest urban park in Canada.

Wascana is derived from the Cree word Oscana meaning "pile of bones" in reference to the buffalo bones scattered around Wascana Creek before the area was populated by non-indigenous people.

Wascana Centre includes a Waterfowl Park that provides a refuge for geese, ducks and other birds, some of which do not fly south for the winter. Speakers' Corner on the north shore of Wascana Lake features gas lamps from London and birch trees from Runnymede Meadow where John of England signed the Magna Carta in 1215. To the immediate west of the legislative building is Trafalgar Fountain, relocated from Trafalgar Square in London. Image:Dkwasc2.jpg

Originally created by damming Wascana Creek to provide a town water supply, Wascana Lake was drained in the 1930s as part of a government relief project; 2,100 men widened and dredged the lake bed and created two islands using only hand tools and horse-drawn wagons. During the fall and winter of 2003-2004, Wascana Lake was again drained and dredged to deepen it by about an average of 5 metres (16 ft), primarily to decrease aquatic weed, growth, improve water quality, and allow more competitive and recreational canoeing and paddling during the summer months. The project also included the addition of a new island and general re-landscaping around the lake. The dredging was completed in mid-March 2004, in time for the spring runoff. The lake includes several small islands: Willow Island, Spruce Island, Pine Island, Goose Island and Tern island.

Wascana Centre contains three museums, the Conexus Arts Centre concert hall and theatre complex, the Regina College campus of the University of Regina and the Regina Conservatory of Music (in the old girls' residence wing of the Regina College building) and the Darke Hall theatre and concert venue, the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery and the provincial Legislative Building.

The Centre also contains attractive venues for cross country skiing and skating during winter and tennis, bicycling, running, and non-motorized water sports during summer. When Regina hosted the 2005 Canada Summer Games, the majority of the event venues as well as the athlete accommodations were located within the boundaries of the Wascana Centre.

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Industry and Resources

Oil and natural gas, potash, kaolin, sodium sulphite and bentonite contribute a great part of Regina and area's economy. The farm and agricultural component is still a significant part of the economy but it is no longer the major driver of the economy; provincially it has slipped to eighth overall, well behind the natural resources sectors.

Regina has been named one of the most affordable places in North America to do business by several different agencies during the last decade. With the Regina and Region Economic Authority helping attract business to the area, and the high prices for gas, oil and potash, the economy is currently booming. Regina's major industries include:

  • major call centres
  • telecommunications
  • insurance and data management centre
  • agricultural chemicals and services and
  • oil and gas exploration.

Regina has also experienced a boom in film and video production. Several feature films, weekly TV programs, and documentaries are shot in and around Regina.

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Transportation

The city's public transit agency, Regina Transit, operates a fleet of buses with access to the city centre from most areas of the city.

The CPR no longer operates regular passenger services between western Canadian cities, though in the past it constituted the principal mode of inter-urban transit. Its former station in downtown Regina — once the urban hub — has become a casino. Nowadays Regina can be reached by several highways:

  • Trans-Canada Highway, from the west and east sides, roughly equidistant between Calgary and Winnipeg.
  • Highway 6 from the north and south. The US border is 160 km south on highway 6.
  • Highway 11 from the north/northwest. Saskatoon is 250 km NNW.
  • Highway 33 from the southeast.
  • Highway 46 from the northeast

The city is serviced by a ring road that loops around the city's east side (the west side of the loop is formed by the Lewvan Drive freeway). Plans call for another perimeter highway to eventually encircle the city farther out.[1] With the demise of interurban trains as a usual form of passenger travel on the prairies the Canadian Pacific train station on South Railway Street lost its raison d’être and was ultimately transformed into a casino (see below); South Railway Street itself was renamed Saskatchewan Drive and the original reason for Regina's location became a historical footnote.

Regina International Airport, the oldest established airport in Canada,has recently undergone a major upgrade and expansion to allow it handle the projected increase in traffic for the next several years. Situated on the west side of the city, it has eight gates that handle flights to major centres in Canada as well as daily flights to and from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota via Northwest Airlines. WestJet and Air Canada Jazz airlines are also regularly scheduled in and out of Regina International Airport.

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Education

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The University of Regina

See main article: University of Regina

The University of Regina had some 12,500 students as of the 2002-2003 academic year and was rated 6th in the 2005 Maclean's magazine Canadian National Comprehensive Universities Rankings. The University developed out of the Methodist-founded (but disaffiliated in the 1930s when the financially hard-pressed United Church of Canada could no longer maintain it) Regina College, which became the Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan in 1965. It was granted a separate charter as the University of Regina in 1974. The original Regina College buildings on College Avenue continue in use by the University and the old Girls' Residence is now the Regina Conservatory of Music.

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Federated Colleges at the University of Regina

Campion College (affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church and founded by the Jesuit Order) and Luther College (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada), formerly operated as church-run private high schools offering junior college courses accredited by the University of Saskatchewan on the same basis as the old Regina College; they now have federated college status in the University of Regina as does the First Nations University of Canada which grew out of the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College.

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RCMP national training academy

See main article: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police national training academy is on the western perimeter of the city. Regina was the headquarters of the Royal North-West Mounted Police (the RCMP'S predecessor) before "the Force" became a national body with its headquarters in Ottawa in 1920. The city takes great pride in this national institution which is a major visitor attraction and a continuing link with Regina's past as the headquarters of the Force.

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Public, Separate and Private Schools

The Regina Public School Board operates over 50 elementary schools and ten high schools with approximately 21,000 students enrolled throughout the city. The Roman Catholic (but publicly-funded) Separate School Board operates over 20 elementary schools and five high schools. Luther College (Saskatchewan), operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, is the one remaining private high school of several which formerly operated in Regina, in addition to being a federated college of the University of Regina. The Western Christian College, operated by the Churches of Christ, had previously moved from Radville, Saskatchewan to Weyburn, Saskatchewan and Dauphin, Manitoba and has a total enrollment of some 100 students.

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Cultural Life

Regina has a rich cultural life in music, theatre and dance, amply supported by the substantial fine arts constituency at the university. It has a highly involved and active multicultural community, for which Heritage Canada picked Regina as the 2004 "Cultural Capital of Canada" (in the over 125,000 population category).

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Mosaic Multi-Cultural Festival

Various local festivals are held throughout the year, the most notable being Mosaic. Attracting over 200,000 visits, Mosaic consists of cultural pavilions being hosted throughout the city by numerous cultural groups. In order to attend one must purchase a passport that is stamped at the entrance of each pavilion. Among the many pavilions, the more noteworthy are the popular Kyiv Ukrainian, Scottish, Caribbean, and Irish. Although predominately European, notable exceptions include the Chinese, Indian, African, and Philippine locations, notwithstanding the extremely marginal numbers of these communities in Regina. At each pavilion, ethnic food is served to guests, who are entertained with folk dance and song. In addition, many traditional ethnic articles of clothing or items may be purchased.

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Globe Theatre

  • The Globe Theatre is a professional company with theatre premises in the Prince Edward Building (formerly known as "The Old Post Office" building though it was also a temporary city hall between the demolition of the old city hall on 11th Avenue between Rose and Hamilton Streets and the construction of the new city hall on Victoria Avenue) in the central business district.
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Regina Little Theatre

  • The Regina Little Theatre was a major focus of community life during the winter months in past decades before the establishment of the Globe Theatre and before touring theatre and concert companies had satisfactory venues and assured audiences of commercially viable size in Regina. The RLT continues to provide valuable opportunities for local would-be actors and ongoing amusement for community-minded theatre audiences.
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Art Galleries

  • The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery is located in the TC Douglas Building in Wascana Centre. It has featured many aspects of the art world from local artists to works from the old masters.
  • There are several smaller art galleries in Regina including the Joe Moran Gallery, the Dunlop Gallery (located in the main branch of the Regina Public Library), the Assiniboia Gallery, Nouveau Gallery and Neutral Ground.
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Museums

  • The Royal Saskatchewan Museum, a natural history collection that traces its origins back to 1906, is also situated in Wascana Centre. The dioramas provide a glimpse at the natural history of the province, and even foreign lands. The First Nations Gallery is especially interesting, showing how our Aboriginal peoples lived in previous centuries and how they live now.
  • Government House Museum and Heritage Property is the original seat of government for the North-West territories and was the residence of the Lieutenant Governors of the territories and then the Provinc of Saskatchewan until 1945. It has been restored to 1891 grandeur and offers guided tours to visitors. Once called the "Palace on the Prairies," it was the first residence between Winnipeg and British Columbia to boast electricity, indoor plumbing, central heating and a telephone.
  • Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame, Saskatchewan's sports history with displays, artifacts and live demonstrations.
  • Alex Youck School Museum, situated in the Regina Public Board of Education's main office, a complete one-room school house.
  • Regina Plains Museum, a collection of over 19,000 artifacts about Regina and its history.
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The Conexus Arts Centre

  • The Conexus Arts Centre (formerly the "Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts" from its opening in 1970 as a 1967 Canadian Centennial project until January 5, 2006, when the Conexus Credit Union assumed partial sponsorship of its operating expenses), is a theatre and concert hall complex overlooking Wascana Lake. According to its promotional literature, it is one of the most acoustically perfect venues in North America.
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The Powerhouse of Discovery Science Centre

  • The Powerhouse of Discovery Science Centre contains more than 80 permanent hands-on exhibits, live demonstrations and changing exhibits. The Kramer IMAX theatre presents science, nature and now select feature films on a five-story screen with a monster Dolby surround sound system
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Community orchestra

  • The Regina Symphony, the longest continuously running orchestra in Canada, is an amateur community orchestra with a professional core; it performs in the Conexus Arts Centre and at other venues in the community. Each summer an outdoor concert, Mozart on the Meadow, attended by many thousands is held.
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University fine arts department

  • The University of Regina has a large fine arts department including faculties of music and theatre. At various times this has attracted notable artistic talent: Donald M. Kendrick and Joe Fafard have been particular stars.
  • The Regina Conservatory of Music operates in the former girls' residence wing of the Regina College building.
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Community choir

  • The Regina Philharmonic Choir was formed in the late 1970s to perform choral works with the Regina Symphony. When the University of Regina failed to renew the teaching contract of Donald M. Kendrick who had formed an extremely good university choir at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, the local musical community realised that it was in danger of losing what had immediately become a vital part of Regina's cultural life. Mrs Dorothy Peers, the wife of the then-Dean of Qu'Appelle and later bishop and archbishop of the Anglican diocese, mounted a community action plan to give the Philharmonic Choir permanence and it remains as a monument to her and Archbishop Peers's contribution to the city. There is also a fine chamber choir, Halcyon, that sang at the opening and closing ceremonies at the Canada summer games.
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Dance ensembles

  • Various cultural performing groups operate out of Regina, including the Polonia Polish Folk Dance Ensemble and the Poltava Ensemble of Song, Music, and Dance.
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Ecclesiastical artistic establishments

  • Holy Rosary (Roman Catholic) Cathedral and Knox-Metropolitan United Church have fine large Casavant Freres pipe organs and although the city's arts community is not large enough to provide substantial liturgical musical establishments at all major churches at once, there is generally at least one such organisation at a time — variously at these two churches and at St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral, where the renowned Donald M. Kendrick once played and conducted.
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Sports

Sports teams in Regina include the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League, the Regina Thunder of the Canadian Junior Football League, the Regina Red Sox of the Western Major Baseball League, the University of Regina's Regina Cougars, Regina Rams of the CIS, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL. The Saskatchewan Roughriders have the distinction of being a community-owned professional sports team and hold the Canadian record for most consecutive winning seasons. The Riders have a strong and loyal fan support base. Out-of-town season ticket holders often travel 300 to 400 kilometres or more to attend home games.

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Bedroom communities

Since the 1940s, many of the towns near Regina have steadily lost population as western Canada's agrarian economy reorganised itself from small family farm landholdings of a quarter-section (160 acres — the standard land grant to homesteaders) to the multi-section (a "section" being one square mile) landholdings that are nowadays necessary for economic viability. Some of these towns have regained a measure of vitality as commuter satellites:

They—and to some extent the nearby city of Moose Jaw—have enjoyed somewhat of a renaissance as a result of the excellent roads that for many decades seemed likely to doom them; they are now undergoing a mild and somewhat ersatz resurgence as bedroom communities for Regina.

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Urban Planning Issues

Regina has grown from a collection of wooden shanties and tent shacks clustered around the railroad into a modern metropolis with an impressive skyline. But the transition wasn't an easy one. It took hard work and a great deal of planning.

In its early days, the town was brilliantly served by town planners (notably Thomas Mawson and his patron, Premier Walter Scott) of astonishing foresight and today’s Reginans should rise up and call them blessed: Wascana Centre and Wascana Lake itself are objectively beautiful urban park features by any standard; that they were created in middle of the flat, dry prairie was a triumph of imagination over reality.

The twin towers of the McCallum Hill buildings are at the centre of the downtown, which contines to flourish with the addition of government and other offices. But the retail sector downtown is not as strong. It has lost two large department stores and many small independent retailers.

With the exception of Sears and the Bay, much of the large chain store commercial activity has moved to shopping malls on the city's perimeter — the "box stores" on Victoria Avenue East (and more recently around Pasqua St. North). As in other Canadian cities, the death of Simpson's and Eaton's national department stores and the western-based Army & Navy, and the decline of the Hudson's Bay Company have exacerbated the trend. A proliferation of pedways accessing most of downtown have helped increase foot traffic during the colder weather. A number of condo projects in converted offices has greatly increased the number of people living in the area. Regina Downtown, the business improvement district for the area, is working to increase the viability of the central core.

In 1929, Saskatchewan had a population of just under a million people and was the third province in economic activity. The population remains about the same, but Saskatchewan is far from third. Regina’s growth has been at the expense of rural Saskatchewan, which is suffering from a downturn in the agricultural economy.

Regina continues to battle a number of problems which plague other North American cities, such as inner city crime, a deteriorating housing stock, and suburban sprawl. It is important to note that the newly-founded Regina of 1883 wasn't expected to prosper. It had everything against it ... climate, topography, lack of water. But it has grown and grown and grown, becoming a city of nearly 200,000 people with an impressive skyline and an excellent economic future.

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Local Media

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Radio Stations

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Television Stations

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Cable Networks

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Newspapers

  • Regina Leader-Post, founded by Nicholas Flood Davin in 1883, has had several owners over the years, and is now owned by CanWest Global Communications Corp., based in Winnipeg, MB.
  • Regina Sun is published by the Leader-Post and distributed free of charge.
  • Prairie Dog is an alternative newspaper published by a worker co-operative and taking a left-wing editorial position.
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Famous Reginans

Notable persons who were born, grew up in or established their fame in Regina:

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See also


North: Lumsden
West: Moose Jaw Regina East: Pilot Butte
South: Weyburn
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References

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External links

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Attractions

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