In the latest meeting of the Queen City Improvement Bureau, we discuss laneway suites… Wait… laneway suites? Did we accidentally grab an agenda from 2015?? Have the ghosts of old meetings come back to haunt us? Apparently. Also, we have in interview with former ward eight councillor, Mike O'Donnell about the legacy of Design Regina, the city's official community plan. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR. Theme music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill).
Jan 21, 2022
Jacq Brasseur joins the Bureau for their first meeting of the new year. We talk about an affordable housing project proposed for north Broad Street that I'm sure the neighbouring community has come out to welcome enthusiastically… wait, sorry, someone has just handed me something… it says, no, in fact the neighbouring community is very angry and they don't want renters or poor people in their backyard. Well, that sucks. Also on the agenda, the city posted a survey about intensification that only...
Jan 16, 2022
The police want a plane and council is looking less transparent than it has in the past. What is going on? Plus, an interview with Councillor Bob Hawkins about a surprise motion to radically alter the procedure bylaw. Out of the blue, council decided to drop two committees and limit delegations to speaking at Executive Committee. We ask Councillor Hawkins what's up with that? Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill).
Dec 07, 2021
Jacq is back to talk about a possible baseball stadium and procedural hijinks around a climate change motion at council. Then, we interview Sarah Kuzusko of the Queen City Wellness pharmacy. She's been helping out with Camp Marjorie, the tent city in Pepsi Park, and she talks about homelessness, social services, housing and more. Music by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR.
Nov 07, 2021
Official Improvement Vector and Leader Post reporter, Arthur White-Crummey, is leaving the Queen City for new adventures. He is called into the Bureau for his exit interview. Plus, we talk with the Toxic Algal Blob of Swamp Fest fame. Communication is facilitated by translator Abbi Colgate Lox. TAB and Abbi fill us in on the happenin's on Willow Island and about Swamp Fest's Haunted Swamp Halloween event. Music by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR.
Oct 29, 2021
STOP THE PRESSES! Big news at city council! Henry Baker Hall is blasting off into the Twentieth Century with a new, state-of-art Electrical Voting System™! First big test for EVS™ is a vote on whether or not to approve development of the fabled Harbour Landing West. In the second half, an interview with Greg Kuntz and Carole Tink about the next steps in the city's Energy & Sustainability Framework consultation. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR.
Oct 28, 2021
It's Radiothon in CJTR-land and the QCIB is talking about food most fictional. Then, we look at really wrong-hdeaded changes to Saskatchewan's social assistance programs. In the second half, we rebroadcast an interview from 2017 with Kenton Weisgerber and Blair Roberts about Housing First. Music by Guidewire (Ryan Hill). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR.
Oct 08, 2021
Jacq is back! Frequent guest and #yqrcc opinion-haver extraordinaire, Jacq Brasseur, returns to the sub-basement to get an update on all the latest goings on at Regina city council. We count developers on the City Centre Core Development Advisory Group, we tally up the vote for when to have the next city election, and we review the lunatic anti-vaxx nonsense that descended on Henry Baker Hall. Plus we throw in some chit-chat about the federal election. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Origina...
Oct 02, 2021
We talk with Morgan Moats of UR Pride about their Monarch Mental Health fundraisers. Plus, there was an "incident" involving anti-vaxxers invading the city hall lobby. And someone wants to tear down the historic Burns Hanley Building so we have a song about that. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR. Theme by Guidewire (aka, Ryan Hill).
Sep 18, 2021
A look back at season one of Regina City Council with new cast members, Councillor Cheryl Stadnichuck and Councillor Shanon Zachidniak. What were their highs? Their lows? Their middles? What's coming up in season two? Special guest hosts, Jacq Brasseur and Chet. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill).
Sep 03, 2021
Phantom fightin' and council updatin' in the Bureau. We talk municipal water fluoridation & urban density & phantom fightin' technique. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR. Music by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire).
Aug 20, 2021
On a Special Olympics Queen City Improvement Bureau Special, we talk about Lead Awareness Day, stuff coming up at council and the Periodic Table Of Elements. Plus, an interview with Richard Milgrom from the University of Manitoba's department of city planning about the problem of sprawl. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan HIll).
Jul 30, 2021
PRECIOUS BODILY FLUID ALERT! Council is considering putting fluoride into your drinking water. We talk to the director of maintenance at Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant about how that would work. Plus, we interview two youth activists from Regina Energy Transition about their effort to get free transit for young people. We are not young, so why do we care? Because we were young once and had to get around town on our bikes like stupid Stranger Things kids. Oh, the places we'd have gone had th...
Jul 23, 2021
We talk about what's coming up at city council this week. Only, we recorded this before council and it released after council happened. So it was obsolete the second it existed. But it's still interesting, we promise! We talk about the Queen City's conversion therapy ban. And we talk about urban density and The Towns neighbourhood and a mad scheme coming in August to mess with, possible ruin, the Official Community Plan. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill).
Jul 16, 2021
Playing catch up on a mercifully uneventful and boring couple weeks at city hall: Regina declares Rainmageddon 2021 an official provincial disaster; council asks, "Convenient bus fare collection, how does that work?"; there's some crazy stuff in the rail lands soil (also: Paul doesn't know anything about science so maybe he shouldn't be reading lab reports). Plus! An interview with David Chapados of the Regina Skate Coalition about the new Skate Park + Pickleball match made in recreation facilit...
Jul 02, 2021
We catch up on some wildly dull, wonderfully boring and delightfully tedious city hall goings-on. On the agenda: the delegation of discretionary use application approval authority; the striking of a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee; a upgrade plan for the Buffalo Pound water treatment plant; and, the coming together of the Pickleball Illuminati and the Skateboard Mafia in a new facility. Plus, Paul’s bike got stolen. It's a controversy-free QCIB that will not attract a single h...
Jun 18, 2021
We exacine the 2021 Pot Prospectus, a review of the cannabis market in the Queen City. Plus, council decided to go slow on removing lead service connections in the city, we ask, why? The answer isn't awesome. Then, an interview with Michael Parker, executive director at the Newo Yotina Friendship Centre, about the Centre's new overdose prevention site. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill).
Jun 04, 2021
It's a damp, dreary day in the Bureau, perfect for talking about plumbing. Specifically, the QCIB discusses the city's plan to slowboat their lead service connection removal plan. Instead of going with a five-year lead removal program like in Sktoon, Regina will be taking it's time and getting the lead out over a decade and a half. Plus, we talk about how the city's failing its intensification targets. And! urban planning lessons from the Mitchells Vs The Machines. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM...
May 28, 2021
Jacq Brasseur returns to the Improvement Bureau to talk about the city's Adopt-A-Drain program and the conversion therapy ban debate. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR.
May 14, 2021
Improvement Vector and frequent QCIB contributor, Jacq Brasseur, visits the Bureau to discuss a highly contentious Community Wellness Committee meeting. What could be so controversial at Community Wellness? They considered a recommendation to express support for the federal conversion therapy ban bill. Things went downhill from there. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill).
Apr 23, 2021
The city sold land north of the refinery and the refinery is not happy. There's talk of building a new Brandt Centre. Plus, the John A Macdonald statue has been taken down and we say goodby in song. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill).
Apr 16, 2021
Personality tests are all the rage in efficient organizations so the QCIB fosters communication & team cohesion by administering personality tests on each other! Plus! The city wants to know how you feel! As part of the Community Safety & Well-being consultation, the city is wondering what are the places in Regina you love. Aidan runs us through his very long list of favourite places! AND! The city budget dominated over TEN HOURS of council deliberation over TWO DAYS! We boil all that do...
Apr 02, 2021
COVID cases are on the rise in the Queen City so we speak with Tzu-Chiao Chao, a professor of biology in the University of Regina’s Institute of Environmental Change and Society, about his research on what the city’s poop can tell us about COVID. Plus, we look back at what’s been happening at Executive Committee lately (thrills and spills mostly) and we talk about what Zack Snyder’s Justice League’s may do to the future of architecture. Also, Briefcase: A Love Story. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan...
Mar 26, 2021
Why is Alberta so angry at a family of bigfoots? And what does it have to do with nuking Fort McMurray? Plus, this is biodiesel country now. And there’s a budget. Also, bike bylaw changes that maybe don’t suck. Innovative Revenue Tool: Marketing the Queen City Covid Variant. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR.
Mar 19, 2021
We look at council's Recovery & Efficiency Review Program, the Cook House proposal and admin footdragging on heritage. Plus, Zardoz On Ice! Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill).
Mar 05, 2021
An interview with the city’s director of public transit, Brad Bells. Plus, the Bagshaw Home can’t be saved and council kicks the can down the road on the surface parking policy. Music by Guidewire. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR.
Feb 19, 2021
A look at the Transit Master Plan survey. Plus, council recap of the Sponsorship Policy vote. Music by Guidewire. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR.
Feb 03, 2021
Interview with Councillor Dan LeBlanc & Cheryl Stadnichuk on the Sponsorship Policy controversy. Plus an interview with Emily Eaton about how Saskatchewan’s oil industry responds to criticism. Music by Guidewire. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR.
Jan 28, 2021
Downtown parking, Cook House Heritage Designation. Plus an interview with Rylan Graham, a professor of Environmental Planning at the University of Northern British Columbia on making a more livable downtown. Music by Guidewire. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR.
Jan 14, 2021
Aidan’s computer aided predictions for the new year. Here comes the Temporary Surface Parking Policy. Music by Guidewire. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR.
Jan 06, 2021
