Retirement In Regina

Regina, Saskatchewan

Deryl Coates
Realtor
Phone: 306-779-3004
Office: 355 Broad Street, Regina, SK S4R 1X2
Member Since: Nov. 11th, 2010

Dove House
Retirement Places
Phone: 306-525-0045
Office: 2220 Cameron Street Regina Saskatchewan,
E-Mail: NA
Member Since: Sept. 13th, 2010

Member Since: Sept. 13th, 2010

Wintergreene Estates
Retirement Places
Phone: 306-585-7100
Office: 4950 Pasqua Street Regina, Sk S4S 7L2,
E-Mail: info.wge@diversicare.ca
Member Since: Sept. 13th, 2010

Quick Facts about Regina Famous Reginians:

Olympic gold medal curler, Sandra Schmirler
Journalist and Actor, Lorne Greene
In 1883, Regina saw its first white male born there and his name was William John Percival Selby. He was also a Boy Scout Leader who became known as the "Father of Scouting". Two streets in Regina were named in his honour; Selby Crescent and Selby Place.
Dick Bird – photographer, cinematographer and acclaimed film maker who started out working as a nature photographer for Disney and later opened Bird Films in 1928 which is still operating today.
Carol Gay Bell – Founder and Director of the Saskatchewan Roughriders Cheerleaders; Journalist; Founder of musical theatre group, Saskatchewan Express. She was also CBC's first female staff announcer for radio and television. Bell was also the first Saskatchewan producer of musical variety on CBC television, Canada's first female jazz disc jockey, and an actress in the first live drama on CKCK television. She was also the first certified baton twirling judge in Western Canada.
Singer/Songwriter Colin James was born in Regina.

Other facts:

Singer Joni Mitchell, born in Saskatoon, wrote her famous album Court and Spark at and about Regina's Empire Hotel.
Called the "oasis in the prairies"; the city boasts 350,000 hand-planted trees. 16th largest city in Canada
Sunniest capital city in Canada with an average of 2365 hours of sunshine annually.
The city has been touted the most affordable place to do business in Western North America.
The City of Regina Transit Service is Saskatchewan's oldest public transit system with 98 diesel buses that carry almost 6 million passengers annually.
Regina was originally called "Pile of Bones" because of the bones left behind by the First Nations hunters. It was later renamed Regina (latin for Queen) after Queen Victoria.
Regina became a city in 1903.
In 1882, immigrants from Europe and the United States bought fertile pieces of land in Regina for $10.
In 1883, the North-West Mounted Police moved its headquarters to Regina. To this day, RCMP uses Regina as its training centre and the city is known as "the home of the RCMP".
At 930 hectares, Wascana Centre park in Regina is one of North America's largest parks. Regina has more than 100 parks.
A tornado in 1912 destroyed sections of the city's downtown area and warehouse district; while 68 people were killed and thousands lost their homes.
Regina's historic motto was "Floreat Regina" which is latin for "Let Regina flourish".