Queen City Improvement Bureau

j wallace skelton visits the subbasement to talk about becoming (in)famous for being a UofR education professor and a trans person at the same time! We also talk about the hullabaloo that right-wing bullies are making about a downtown mosque's call to prayer. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

We meet with Evan Guenther, the city's director of sustainable infrastructure to talk about the Wascana Parkway Extension Project, the Arcola Avenue Corridor Study & the Residential Road Renewal Program. Music by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

The Queen City Improvement Bureau escaped the subbasement and rode the #60 Arcola Express out to the sustainable Tim's on Chuka Boulevard. We ate donuts! With guests! With us on our fried-dough adventure: transit union president Sukhwinder Gainda, transit operator Colin Lea-Wilson, and Ward 8 City Councillor Shanon Zachidniak! We talk transit, free transit, transit troubles! Theme by Ryan Hill (ak...

We talk about the Road Renewal Annual Report, the Concrete Reduction Report and the Johnson Collegiate Fare-Free Transit Pilot. Plus, tunes from the Infrastructure Playlist. Theme by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR, AccessNow community radio.

Local art-pop actualizer Natural Sympathies visits the subbasement (with their wolves) to talk about their new album then makes the Bureau Boys take a Love Survey. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

The QCIB was live at the Artesian on May 20 as part of the 2026 Cathedral Village Arts Festival. This is that show. Many thanks to our guests Pat Book & Cheryl Stadnichuk and to our collaborators/coconspirators Ron Loos, Carter Stenberg, Ada the Typical 20 Year Old Girl, and Stella Sale. Also, big thanks to Jo Bates, Neil Adams and Pearl Bogdan for their incredible behind-the-scenes support. Perfo...

Don Young and Andrew Stevens from the Cathedral Village Arts Festival visit the subbasement to talk about this year's event (May 18 to 23). Music by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

You know what this deal to sell Brandt half of the REAL campus sounds like? One big honkin' innovative revenue tool. So WHY wasn't the Queen City Improvement Bureau consulted on this? Innovative Revenue Tools are our whole thing. We get it. No one wants our valuable insights. Well, we're putting them together in a report anyway. Enjoy. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Originally broadcast on 91...

Certified Improvement Vector, Pat Book, visits the subbasement again to talk about the experience of being the lone dissenting speaker on the REAL/Brandt Deal at the Apr 29 2026 Executive Committee meeting. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

Ward 9 Councillor Jason Mancinelli visits the subbasement to talk about SUMA, regional cooperation, AI data centres and his battle against concrete costs. Music by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

Jean-Marc Nadeau, CEO of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, visits the subbasement to talk about challenges facing Sask cities and about SUMA's upcoming convention. Plus, John Kennedy, executive director of the Sask Cultural Exchange, drops in to preview the April 11 Acoustic Songwriter Showcase, a fundraiser to support the Exchange's Folk & Roots Concert Series. Plus some surprisi...

Ward 8 Councillor Shanon Zachidniak returns to the subbasement to talk about the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities convention, climate action in a municipal government context, concrete pipes, the library and that dread debt report. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

The Regina Public Library has had a pretty disappointing couple months. With the city announcing it doesn't have debt room available for projects like the Library Central Branch Restoration Project, the RPL has discovered they will have to shift gears on a procurement process that's already underway. RPL director Jeff Barber visits the subbasement to discuss how he's coping with the bad news. Musi...

Council raises transit fees by 10% and struggle to find money to fulfill their commitment to borrow money for Regina Public Library's Central Branch Renewal Project. Music by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

Local author Suzy Krause visits the subbasement to talk about her award-winning apocalypse novel "I Think We've Been Here Before". Plus, the library’s plan to borrow money for the Central Branch redevelopment may be in peril. Music by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

Don't know if you've heard but the ol'Queen City is growing! Growing like a weed in the summer! Growing like hope in playoff season! Like fondness as a heart grapples with absence. And to manage all that growing responsibly, city council recently passed an updated Growth Plan. It's a big, complicated document and to help us understand what it is, why it is and what it does, Deb Bryden, director of...

Greetings from The City Adjacent To The Future! In this episode, we discuss the AI datacentre that's to be built near the Queen City. Plus council is back from a long hiatus so we talk about some of the stuff they accomplished this week. Theme by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Occasional music by Kim Feury. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow Community Radio.

Belle Plaine & Blake Berglund visit the subbasement ahead of their big Valentines Day show at Darke Hall. Plus, the Farmers Market returns to downtown, Frost kicks off, council had a special meeting. Theme by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Incidental music by Kim Fuery. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR, AccessNow community radio.

We take a look back at the many laudable things the City Of Regina accomplished in 2025 by having a gander at their 2025 Highlights document. Fun! Theme by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Incidental music by Kimberley Fuery. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

Kelly & Jon Lorenc of the Queen City Urbanist Bookclub look back on best urbanist reads of 2025, what they're reading in 2026 and they offer some predictions for the new year. Theme by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Occasional music by Kimberley Feury. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

Former city hall reporter and erstwhile comms guy in a bygone mayor's office, Pat Book, visits the subbasement to look back on the high- and low-lights of 2025. Theme by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Occasional music by Kimberley Fuery. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

It's a Very Special Queen City Improvement Bureau Holiday Special all about the 2026 city budget! Theme by Guidewire (aka Ryan Hill). Occasional music by Kimberley Fuery.

Ward 4 councillor Mark Burton makes a holiday visit to the subbasement — and HE BROUGHT PRESENTS!! We discuss the tone of the emails he's been getting in the lead up to the budget debate. And we discuss fluoride and other budget-related stuff. Theme by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Occasional music by Kimberley Fuery. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.

From my left, Councillors David Froh (ward 3) and Shanon Zachidniak (ward 8) visit the subbasement to 'splain themselves about this 2026 city budget. We also talk about the Finding Middle Ground Design Competition results and pour one out for the Credit Foncier building. Theme by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Incidental music by Kimberley Fuery. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community...

Drat. It's performance review day for the Bureau as Mayor Chad Bachynski drops in to the subbasement. We also talk about the 2026-27 city budget instead. Theme by Ryan Hill (aka Guidewire). Occasional music by Kimberley Fuery. Originally broadcast on 91.3FM CJTR AccessNow community radio.