It’s an aged museum with exhibits that feel like they were handed down from the US. In just the weather gallery alone, distances are measured in miles, videos are from NOAA, and exhibits come from Colorado even though the museum is in Regina. However, it is informative in the sense Read more
The University of Regina is a lot newer than the University of Saskatchewan. It used to be the same university until it spun off in 1974. With a lot of the buildings being newer, there are seamless transitions from building to building with many of them built in the 1990s. Read more
Walter Scott, the first premier of Saskatchewan, hosted a competition for the legislative building to be built in Regina in 1905. The design by the Maxwell Brothers from Montreal was chosen and the building was completed in 1912. It was initially designed to be constructed with red brick before Scott Read more
Built in 1891 for the Lieutenant Governor of the North West Territories, the man in charge only lived in Regina until the 1960s when it was turned into a school for two decades and then a veterans’ rehabilitation centre for another decade before being bought back by the province for Read more
Admission is by donation, but I’d rather buy something from the gift shop than give a non tax deductible donation to the museum. Home to the largest T-rex in the world, the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina is one of the best natural history museums in the country. My theory Read more
The federal police force from all over the country comes here to train. It was formed as the North-West Mounted Police in 1873 when prime minister John A. Macdonald wanted to settle the west after the Hudson’s Bay Company. The museum located in this Depot Division in Regina is tied Read more
The city of yesterday still exists today. Dusty roads are flanked by empty industrial buildings and warehouses built in the mid-20th century with old dusty cars parked haphazardly on the broken sidewalk. The old Sears building with the 1-800-26-SEARS phone number emblazoned on the wall and a former Lowe’s box Read more
Route: Ottawa to MontrealPlane: Embraer E175Date: Jun 7, 2025Price: Irrelevant, operational upgrade on an overbooked flight ComfortJust like the CRJ900, the E175 has 1-2 seating, perfect for solo travellers and they’re wider than in the CRJ. Although it has Air Canada’s old blue seats, but the seats don’t get a Read more
The best way to describe it would be an indoor Main Street from Disneyland in Saskatoon, but you actually get to see educational displays instead of being forced to spend money in gift shops. the fully-furnished interiors are informative, the push-button operated conversations between fictitious characters are educational, and the Read more
