Oct
21
Has anyone else noticed that the City of Regina has video clips up on their Election 2009 candidate profiles? I’m glad to live in a city that announces candidate news on Twitter and takes the time to put clips on Youtube.
Now if only we’d vote…
Oct
20
This map isn’t very easy to find on the City of Regina’s web site, so I thought I would post it on here.
Regina Municipal Election - Ward Map
Oct
14
Here are some figures from the 2006 Municipal Election. As you can see, our voter turnout was pretty abysmal. Let’s try to add 20% to these numbers this year:
| Ward | Voter Turnout | |
| 1 | 43% | |
| 2 | 44% | |
| 3 | 32% | |
| 4 | 34% | |
| 5 | 34% | |
| 6 | 22% | |
| 7 | 31% | |
| 8 | 32% | |
| 9 | 41% | |
| 10 | 40% |
Oct
10
Our civic election campaign is in full swing. And, as part of my commitment to both being informed about the issues and to start updating this blog regularly (again), I have decided to start looking at the races which affect me the most.
As a long time resident of Ward 3, I would like to start off by looking at the four candidates, and the profiles that they submitted to the City of Regina’s page on the election. For fairness, I will cover each of the candidates in the same post and in alphabetical order. Warning, this is going to be a long one… Read more »
Sep
10
Why political mudslinging lowers us all while damaging our democratic system.
Sep
9
The debate regarding how well our Canadian Parliamentary Democracy works, and how well for whom, aside, Rick Mercer reminds us why it is so damn important for Canadians to know how our government works, and why it’s so scary that the majority of us don’t.
Sep
8
Just in case you’re a student and you needed a good reason to get angry, or at least spiteful – Rick Mercer gives you a few reasons to get out there and cast your ballot!
Aug
30
Looks like this fall will be a very exciting time for Regina. Our city is poised for a municipal election. The Regina Douglas Park by-election will be held. And Federal politicians appear ready to bring down Stephen Harper’s government and force another election.
I hope that election season 2009 is not marred by negative campaigning.
Aug
27
On Sunday, August 23rd, the Regina Symphony Orchestra played a concert in Wascana Park, marking the opening of the 2009/10 season. A wonderful event with vendors, great opening acts and scenery, Symphony Under the Sky was a shining example of accessible fun for all ages. More significantly, it was free.
Regina has had a whole host of amazing events this summer, from classical performances to AC/DC. The problem is that it often costs a great deal of money to attend. They are exclusionary when they are supposed to bring people together. While events often have larger corporate or business sponsors, for the first time Regina’s city council stepped up to the plate to the tune of $25,000. Read more »
Aug
26
The enumerator came by tonight! This is incredibly exciting; there I was, entering my second hour in front of my computer, when my doorbell rang. Wondering whether to stop working, I finally made my way to the door… and there was the enumerator! Like the eight year old in line to see Santa at the mall, I broke into a huge grin and happily gave the pertinent information.
To me, voting is exciting because it’s an opportunity to participate in our democratic process. Yawn, right? Wrong. Read more »