Regina Fringe Theatre Festival is Underway!

Chalk it up to an outstanding Canada Day but I got behind on my emails and forgot to talk up one of the most exciting new events that is gracing the Queen City.  The latest installment of the Regina International Fringe Festival got rolling…

Help a Local Student Help Others in Africa

Second year U of R student Jeffrey Myers is a true Friend of Lakeview.  He's a graduate of the LCA Community Soccer program and has been one of the Myers's who hauls the soccer nets to and from the Kinsmen Park shack for years now.  In fact,…

Stock Up On Summer Reading: Library Book Sale

It's a week late to help with this current rainy day, but there might be a couple more during the summer (hopefully on Tuesdays after a gloriously sunny long weekend.)   So there's still a good reason to check out Regina Public Library's…

Community Garden Opening Celebration is June 23!

We received a nice email from Karen Watkins at Grow Regina about the official opening of the Yara-Grow Regina Community Garden, which is coming up on Tuesday, June 23rd at the new garden at 3500 Queen Street. An official ceremony will be…

St. Pius Parents Building Good Kids, Playground

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Last Tuesday, I had the privilege of meeting with parents and teachers of Ecole St. Pius X Catholic School to learn about what they are up to and share the story of the new (and hopefully improved) Lakeview Community Association.    It was…

Lakeview Really, Really Needs a Community Program Coordinator. Really!

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I posted this up a couple of weeks ago, but didn't get any responses.  Perhaps the title was a little too positive.  Truth is, we're in a real bind in LCA land -- without a Program Coordinator we don't have any winter programs next year.…

Local Library Literary Logs = Large Loonies for Little Lads and Lasses

After receiving four emails this week about this contest,  you just know it's post-worthy... For the second year, kids across our fair city will be competing in the Regina Public Library's Mayor's Mega-Minute Reading Challenge.  The challenge…

Date Change for Next LCA Meeting — Tuesday, April 21

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We're really looking forward to Easter Week around our house as it's a chance to relax a bit after a very busy winter.  But the week has wreaked a little havoc on our regular LCA meeting so we're moving it by a week and a day to accomodate…

Here’s Your Chance! Get Involved in Community Programs

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We don't run a ton of recreational programs over the fall and winter, but the programs we do run are quite popular.  Our Learn to Skate, Mini Mites Hockey and Power Skating programs get our kids active and on the ice and our fitness classes…

Say Goodbye to Winter with a Free Skate!

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It's time.  I know it and you know it.  It's time for this long, cold winter to end and for thoughts to turn to spring pursuits.  Join us in banishing winter to the dark recesses of our collective memories with a free public skate. The…

Dates Set for Public School Redesign

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As we mentioned before, this new public school will have the largest impact to the youngest children in our community, and those children still to come.  They need to be part of the journey!  Please forward this story or a link to the Lakeview…

Time for Spring Garden Planning

We've enjoyed a great relationship with Grow Regina around their community garden project in Macleod Park on Queen Street.  The garden opened in 2008 and their gearing up for another excellent growing season.  It may still be too snowy to…

Cancer Crew Needs Canvassers

  We got an email from Patrick Moore this week, about the upcoming Walk and Knock for Cancer campaign which is happening April 20-27. They are short several canvassers in the Lakeview area this year and are looking for volunteers to help…

LCA Executive Meeting Postponed to March 16

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Sorry for the short notice here but we are moving the next LCA Exec meeting one week, to March 16. We're having trouble achieving quorum tonight due to some planned absences and some unplanned absences (well, me.) We rarely get visitors…

We’re Getting a New School! We’re Getting a New School!

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Residents of Regina's Lakeview neighbourhood will be embarking on an exciting journey this spring, as they work to design a school for the future in our older neighbourhood. It's part of Regina Public Schools' 10 year renewal plan, which will renovate, refresh and combine several schools around the city over the next decade.

Caring Volunteers Groom Local Ski Trail

A few weeks back I had the opportunity to correspond with Janet Lee, one of the true Friends of Lakeview. For a great many years, Janet, Ron Bleshinger and Steve Wihak have been grooming cross country ski trails in Kinsmen Park South. It's…

Spring Soccer Information is Updated

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Just wanted to let you know that we've updated the LCA spring soccer page with all the new dates, new pricing, and new registration night information.    Our first registration night is only a month away on March 10. We call it 'Spring…

Repost – Important Community Meeting on Public Schools, February 11

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This is a repost from earlier this week, since it got buried at the bottom of several posts for all the email subscribers, and might have been missed.  For those of you who saw it the first time, my apologies for the duplication! Since…

Important Community Meeting on Public School Renewal on February 11

Well that's as informative a headline as I can write. Here's a meeting that should be of interest to everyone in the Lakeview community who have an interest in public education. The Regina Public School Board is inviting everyone who is…

Assiniboine Avenue Ice Rink: On the Move?

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  Here's one of the more interesting items we'll get to discuss at our next LCA Executive Meeting on Monday February 9.  We received an email from Loreen Anderson (our hard working City Community Consultant) which said the City was approached…

February Posting Marathon Begins!

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 I spent an hour going through my inbox yesterday and found that I am sixteen posts behind in sharing important and interesting community information with you all.  How did that happen? Did the warm weather and thoughts of spring wake…

LCA Website: Six Month Status Report

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It's been close to six months since we launched the new and improved Lakeview Community Association web site. Since then we've slowly struggled to figure out the best ways to use the site to help Lakeview residents.  We tried a lot of different…

Happy Family Literacy Day!

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This coming Tuesday, January 27, is Family Literacy Day which promotes the importance of reading and learning together as a family all year round.   Every year on January 27 families, schools, libraries and community groups across Canada…

Register Now for Regina Lazer Softball

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Even though there is still several feet of snow on the ground, the Regina Lazers Softball Club is taking registrations for the summer season.   The Lazers zone is Zone 1 of the Regina Minor Softball Association and they offer a fun Learn…