White Pony Lodge

• Spring melt uncovers piles of garbage, drug paraphernalia in one Regina neighbourhood

  White Pony Lodge, a volunteer-based organization that patrol North Central on Friday nights, will be starting a spring clean project picking up garbage and drug paraphernalia.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2023
  
• Regina council to address addictions crisis with talks of city-wide harm reduction strategy

  The city will work with a group of experts and community organizations to address the overdose crisis and develop a city-wide harm reduction strategy.

  Health

  Oct 29, 2020
  
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• This Regina grandmother is cleaning up Queen City streets one needle at a time

  Patty Will and Wade LeCaine founded Queen City Patrol to help clean up needles in Regina.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2019
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• Slight reduction in crime in 2017: RPS

  New numbers from Regina police show the vast majority of crime in the city dipped slightly in 2017. But for neighbourhoods like North Central, it's still the same old story.

  Crime

  May 1, 2018
• Board removes White Pony Lodge co-founder Shawna Oochoo from organization

  Heather Griffith, a member on the board, said the reason for Oochoo’s release was there simply was not enough funding to support her position, and said making the decision was ‘agonizing.’

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2018
• Neighbours cheering demolition of North Central house in Regina

  The demolition of a house in the North Central neighbourhood is being called a win for the community.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2017
• Regina reacts to new Maclean’s article

  In a new Maclean's Magazine article titled “Ten years later, we ask again: What’s wrong in Regina” – senior correspondent Jonathon Gatehouse writes about the “nasty but entirely justified label” of calling North Central “Canada’s Worst Neighbourhood.”

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2017
• Global News follows White Pony Lodge on Regina community patrol

  Once on patrol, the group splits into two crews to cover both sides of the street. Immediately, team leaders on both sides called the patrol to a stop to collect syringes and other paraphernalia that was littering the sidewalks and adjacent lawns.

  Features

  Nov 7, 2016
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• Regina residents react to spike in crime rates in the city

  Residents around Regina are responding to the latest crime statistics released by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, saying they're not surprised as violence and crime in the city has appeared to become common.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2016
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• Desensitizing and traumatizing: How gun violence in Regina impacts kids

  Two recent gun-related incidents in Regina demonstrate the broad spectrum of how kids can be impacted, as firearms offences increase in the Queen City.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2016