Wayne Mantyka
@WayneMantykaCTV
Reporter at CTV Regina.
Stripping away the facade on a building near 11th Ave. and Halifax St. has revealed business signs from years gone by.

Downtown Saturday Night is a mural that depicts what life was like in small town Saskatchewan about 75 years ago. It can be found on the side of the Tim Hortons building in Kipling.

Yee Toy Confectionery on Victoria Ave. has been demolished. The building dated back to an era when people shopped at small neighbourhood corner stores that were within walking distance of their homes.

Wascana Park is getting a coffee shop called The Safe in the Conexus head office building. Morgan Allen of Street Culture Project says it will operate as a social enterprise with every dollar invested into the lives of youth.

The Big Book Sale is back at the Highland Curling Club with about 100,000 titles for sale. Proceeds will help cover the cost of courses and activities for seniors at the University of Regina’s Lifelong Learning Centre.

Flowers by the truckload are arriving in Wascana Park with spring planting underway. About 70,000 flowers are planted each year in the park and at Government House.

Cadmus Delorme has been elected as the new chancellor of the University of Regina. He is a graduate of the First Nations University of Canada and former chief of the Cowessess First Nation.

Its graduation season and many small towns like Grenfell erect banners on Main St. with photos of each local high school graduate.

The NDP caucus and staff went for a locomotive ride near Richardson to promote the work of shortline railroads. The are 13 in Saskatchewan with 1100 kilometres of rail.

Saskatchewan radio stations have raised over $643,000 for Red Cross wildfire relief during a one day campaign called Day of Caring.

A Western Painted Turtle may have chosen this picturesque spot in Wascana Park as a potential site for a nest. It has been digging in the dirt near the edge of the lake.

The sun was a vibrant red tonight because of forest fire smoke and haze in the atmosphere. This photo was taken among Highway 20 near Bulyea. Red sunsets have been reported as far away as New Jersey.

1959 was the final year for the Dodge Mayfair and for Saskatchewan “Wheat Province” license plates. The Mayfair was built in Windsor and only sold in Canada.

Road markings on some busy Regina streets will no longer wear out every year as the city expands use of thermoplastic by Lafrentz. This application was inlaid into the roadway on Wascana Parkway near Saskatchewan Polytechnic. The lines typically last at least six years.

X-Ray Records is back in business. Noah Biegler is sharing a spot with Norwood on 13th Avenue.

Pumpjacks from Weyburn has taken over the vacated Cathedral Social Hall. The popular outdoor deck will be retained and there plans for frequent live entertainment.

Flowering crabapples are now in full bloom. One of the largest displays is at Grasslands in Harbour Landing.

The photo was taken from the newly completed Regina airport terminal in about 1960. The previous terminal was still standing across the freshly paved parking lot. The aircraft hangar to the left still exists today. The photo is from the John Kirkland collection.

Canadian Tire has purchased the Hudson’s Bay name and the rights to sells various Bay brands at its 1700 stores in Canada. Canadian Tire calls the $30 million purchase strategic and patriotic. It is subject to court approval.

The first United Airlines flight from Denver landed at the Regina Airport this evening. The daily non-stop service will be operated using a Canadian built 50 passenger CRJ200.