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Strong Towns Regina @strongtownsyqr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The first Wednesday of October, our sister organisation: Queen City Urbanist Book Club is talking Escaping the Housing Trap by author of Strong Towns Charles Marohn Jr. Join us Wednesday October 7th from 7pm to 9pm at the Cathedral Community Centre if you'd like to join the discussion!

A poster for the Queen City Urbanist Book Club for their Wednesday October 7th meeting from 7pm to 9pm at the Cathedral Community Centre including a picture of the cover of the book Escaping the Housing Trap by Charles Marohn, Jr and a quote from the book: "When housing becomes a good investment for homeowners by reliably going up in value year after year, it impairs the ability of non-homeowners to purchase a home. When housing as a form of esteem or self-actualization leads home-owners to demand exclusionary zoning practices, it makes it difficult for needed housing to be built.”

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Erik Noonan @eriknoonan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bike/pedestrian networks don't take 30 years to build. Stop accepting those timelines in your community. The best practices have been proven & they already exist. Safety should already be the #1 priority. The ROI is unbeatable. The timeline is a moral document and it shouldn't be generational.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026

An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.

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The media has the AI threat all wrong

Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Mthembu: One thing we're concerned by housing being spoken about as a commodity. Housing & economic development are not part of the same discussion. Housing is economic infrastructure. Housing is a human right. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Who knew having a coffee shop open til 9:30 on a weekday would be PACKED?!? Cozy Haus on Albert, apparently. It’s more busy now than at lunch and people keep coming in.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tram in Trondheim Norway, population 218k. Though Trondheim is 13° further north than Regina SK (pop 226k), it is much warmer. However, it gets considerably more precipitation & much less sunlight. But they'll tell you that Regina is has too few people & too much winter to have trams. #yqrcc

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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 31/08/2026

"Cities are meant to stop traffic. That is their point. That is why they are there. That is why traders put outposts there, merchants put shops there, hoteliers erect inns there. Rationally one wants to have traffic *stop* there, not go *through*." —Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Anyway, yeah… Priests from the other churches downtown came out as well to show their support for the mosque & the call-to-prayer. /2 #yqrcc

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Strong Towns Regina @strongtownsyqr.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Just a reminder, we have another one of our "local conversations" tomorrow! Come out and chat with us about Strong Towns and what's going on in the city!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving in that city went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building wider roads leads to more cars stuck in the same congestion. Understanding #InducedDemand Via @wired.com

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What's Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse

The concept is called induced demand, which is economist-speak for when increasing the supply of something (like roads) makes people want that thing even more. Though some traffic engineers made note ...

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Kero @keroan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

CBC interviewed me about walkability and Strong Towns! Sorry for always using Harbor Landing as an example but it truly is a bizzare victim of plans gone awry. The fact that Vanessa Matthews and I are part of the same conversation means I have officially upgraded to the cool kids club though 🥹

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Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Illustrated comic. Angry driver goes I FUCKING HATE YOU AND HOPE YOU DIE to a happy kid in a bike helmet who says "i like riding my bike"

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Elephant Mastodon @emath.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

fellas, is it clever to suggest that you are making policy with bad intentions?

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Canadian Meg @canadianmeg.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Once more a little louder for those people on #yqrcc. #CarCulture

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Strong Towns Regina @strongtownsyqr.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Come check out our pop-up "3rd Space" on the bump-out by out booth. #Strongtowns #strongtownsregina #cvaf #cvafstreetfair

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Nickknack (He/Him) @nickknack17.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Ill be at the booth all morning if you want to swing by and say "Hi!"

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Remember, don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth

“It’s not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. It’s the same as if you bought a cow or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you’re going to put them. — Miguel Anxo Fernandez Lores, Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain

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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

HUGE: Alberta judge quashes the separatists' referendum petition, in major victory for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Blackfoot confederation. Justice Shaina Leonard: "the Crown failed to meet its duty to consult"

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

And once again… sitting in the middle, riling up Regina's tight assed, podunk, moral minority, there's Just Bins doing RCAAN's dirty business. #regina

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Oh for fucks sake. I've seen racier drag scenes in Bugs Bunny cartoons. If you're hauling kids out of the Globe over that? It says more about your filthy imagination than what's on stage. #regina

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patthebook.bsky.social @patthebook.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Making it all the more egregious that we continue to see a plurality of councillors elected that have never attended a meeting or engaged with the city in a meaningful way, don’t understand these problems, and fail to bring forward any ideas or actions to try to address them.

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Nickknack (He/Him) @nickknack17.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The stuff they're doing as part of the Cathedral Village Forest Project is super cool! cant wait to see it evolve over time! #janeswalk #janeswalkregina #yqr

entrance emblem to the Cathedral Village Forest project

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Nickknack (He/Him) @nickknack17.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Saw this portrait of me during today's first Jane's Walk! #janeswalk #janeswalkregina #yqr

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Nickknack (He/Him) @nickknack17.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Saw a lot of animals on the Jane's Walks so far! Hopefully I see more tomorrow. The highlight was definitely the Bat swooping over us during the Cathedral Sensory Walk! #janeswalk #janeswalkregina #yqr

three bird roosting on a log just over the water

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Aidan mmmOrgan, is that spooky, have I given you ghouls enough @thepalinode.com · 30/04/2026

He who makes a Mr. Beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a Mr. Man, particularly Mr. Fussy or Mr. Grumpy.

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Book: Clr Bezo loves KPIs. He once suggested imposing performance standards on the grades of high school teens in exchange for free bus service. But we won't do that for one of the most successful businesses in the province's history. #yqrcc

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Book: They want you to pay severance for 50 REAL employees potentially, and $500k operating costs each year for up to 99 years. All of this as they gain food & beverage revenue & development rights & plan to charge market rates to their partner the city. #yqrcc

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Andrew Stevens @astevens81.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Brandt's operations are located in the RM of Sherwood. City Council adjusted Regina's borders in a boundary swap because Semple didn't want to pay taxes to the city.

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This analogy is more apt than he realizes. The city's primary revenue is collecting property tax. If they sell this land and accept that they won't be collecting property tax, the city will effectively being trying to build a farm on rocks. They will never harvest property tax on this land again.

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Nickknack (He/Him) @nickknack17.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Hot take, if you don't live, work, and play in Regina then your opinion shouldn't matter when it comes to municipal decisions. As soon as you say "I flew in to be here" your opinion is less than dirt to me. #yqrcc

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Strong Towns Regina @strongtownsyqr.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Our friends at Jane's Walk Regina have a great festival planned for this weekend! Check out some walks, learn about your community, and meet some great people! #janeswalk #strongtowns #yqr

Jane's Walk Regina 2026 schedule:
May 1st, 6:30 - 7:30pm Spring Floods and What Regina Does to Protect Us 2810 Cameron Street.

8:00pm - 9:00pm Silent Sensory Walk in Cathedral Les Sherman Playground

May 2nd 9am - 10:30am Can you Dig It? the story of wascana lake Queen Elizabeth II Statue

11:30 - 12:30pm Cathedral Village Forest Project - Neil Balkwill Arts Centre

May 3rd 9am - 10:30 am The Upper Lake and Far Away Place Saskatchewan Science Centre

11:30 - 12:30pm Cathedral Village Forest Project - Neil Balkwill Arts Centre

2pm - 3pm The Good the Bad and the Ugly Reginas Pedestrian Infrastructure corner of Lorne and 12th by the central library

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patthebook.bsky.social @patthebook.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Maybe you’ve seen the #yqrcc news stories about Brandt trying to buy half of the REAL district land and buildings from the city. They’d pay $6.5 million because the buildings are so busted it would take almost $80 million to bring them up to like new conditions. But there are a lot more costs. /1

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Nickknack (He/Him) @nickknack17.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We'll be hanging out tomorrow at Creme Cafe! If you're curious about Strong Towns its a great opportunity to dip your toe. We will probably complain about cars at some point...

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Nickknack (He/Him) @nickknack17.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This blows chunks. Harm Reduction services helps reduce strain on an already strained system!

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I would argue then that the Prairie NDP consensus — capitulation to oil interests & expansion of the carbon economy — is based on a POLITICAL reality, not on actual reality. In other words, it's ideology. /7

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Strong Towns Regina @strongtownsyqr.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The Regina Citizens Public Transit Coalition are holding a rally on Wednesday at noon at City Hall prior to council. If you're passionate about affordable transit and want city council to know prior to the vote, join the RCPTC for their rally!

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Strong Towns Regina @strongtownsyqr.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This Wednesday will be the final reading of the the 10% transit fair increase bylaw. This is the last opportunity for city council to reconsider. The previous reading vote passed with a split of 6-5. There's a possibility that a vote could change and the transit fare increase will not go into effect

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Strong Towns Regina @strongtownsyqr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Hello! We are Strong Towns Regina, and we advocate for a pattern of development that is financially strong and resilient. We work to elevate local government to be the highest level of collaboration for people working together in a place, not merely the lowest level in a hierarchy of governments.

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Maclaughlin: The second logical fallacy: we're asking transit riders — one of the most cost effective forms of transportation — to "pay their way" in addition to paying property taxes. But we do no make a similar ask of car drivers. #yqrcc

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Rashovich: Who pays for all the transit? Stratton: An interesting question. It comes out of our property taxes. But those of us who use transit don't use most of the other roadways & those come out our taxes too. But there's no fee for the car drivers for the roads we don't use. #yqrcc

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Up next, Florence Stratton — who is also mighty. Here's her submission. #yqrcc

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

First speaker is the mighty Terri Sleeva. She's the chair of the Regina Public Transit Coalition. #yqrcc

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Funny how the most fiscally hawkish councillors are also the ones demanding limitless, free parking — despite the costs parking imposes upon cities. Why, it's almost like it's the fiscal hawks driving up property taxes & not the Inefficiency Jabberwock they're forever chasing. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I will not accept any, "Carney had to endorse" or "Carnery is being strategic" or whatever the fuck Liberal-lickspittle rationalizations. Violence w/out "rules of engagement" or "international law" or "wringing of hands" is straight up murder. Terrorism.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Mayor: When we start comments with "we're not experts but…", we should probably listen to the experts. #yqrcc

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Mathews: I'm not saying we don't have to think about choice. But if we continue to do what we have for the past many decades we'll hit a point where there are greater economic costs to the people that live in the city. #yqrcc

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