Paul Dechene
@pauldechene.bsky.social
Writing about city council in Regina, Saskatchewan. Co-host of the Queen City Improvement Bureau on 91.3FM CJTR - www.queencityib.com. Columns in Prairie Dog Magazine. There will be swearing. Proceed at your own risk.
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Dec 11 2025 - Burtonating The Subbasement — Queen City Improvement Bureau
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 discu...
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We did a whole bit in this week's QCIB about how Louis Browne, former councillor & lawyer representing the anti-fluoridators, uses an AI assistant to do simple arithmetic. And his AI assistant evidently sucks at simple arithmetic.
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"the forward march of technology must never be impeded" is truly a disgusting and revolting ideology that no one should ever fucking have, yet here we are.
December 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"the forward march of technology must never be impeded" is truly a disgusting and revolting ideology that no one should ever fucking have, yet here we are.
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reading life after cars and realising ppl talk about the "inevitability" of llms like they do automobiles and i want to blow my head off
December 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
reading life after cars and realising ppl talk about the "inevitability" of llms like they do automobiles and i want to blow my head off
Here's a longer version of a clip that we used in the last QCIB show. This is Civic Middle Mgmt Assn prez Ian Cantello & CUPE 21 prez Tyler Hutchinson speaking on day two of Regina Budget 2026. They urge council to go w/ a much larger property tax increase than what we ultimately got. #yqrcc
Dec 16 2025 - Ian Cantello & Tyler Hutchinson on how Regina is an expensive city - 2026 Budget Day 2
YouTube video by PD City Hall — Paul Dechene
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December 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Here's a longer version of a clip that we used in the last QCIB show. This is Civic Middle Mgmt Assn prez Ian Cantello & CUPE 21 prez Tyler Hutchinson speaking on day two of Regina Budget 2026. They urge council to go w/ a much larger property tax increase than what we ultimately got. #yqrcc
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oh my god i am going to burst
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
oh my god i am going to burst
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Spoiler alert: that baby dies.
Eat arbys festively.
Eat arbys festively.
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Spoiler alert: that baby dies.
Eat arbys festively.
Eat arbys festively.
Hey Bsky… Here is a Regina, Saskatchewan holiday tradition: Shit Fireplace. Enjoy.
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Shit Fireplace 2025
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December 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hey Bsky… Here is a Regina, Saskatchewan holiday tradition: Shit Fireplace. Enjoy.
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Best of the Post-Budget season, folks! We hope you and yours are coping with that very merry mill-rate increase. As a special gift, the Queen City Improvement Bureau recorded an online-only episode this week! It's all about last week's New Budget Process In Action! Now on Youtube. #yqrcc
QCIB Dec 22 2025 - What A Long Strange Budget It's Been
YouTube video by PD City Hall — Paul Dechene
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December 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Best of the Post-Budget season, folks! We hope you and yours are coping with that very merry mill-rate increase. As a special gift, the Queen City Improvement Bureau recorded an online-only episode this week! It's all about last week's New Budget Process In Action! Now on Youtube. #yqrcc
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Indigenous people were erased from the plains by John A. Macdonald’s proudly racist policies of violence and starvation.
Policies that live on across Canada where Indigenous people are incarcerated 9 times more often than non-Indigenous people.
Policies that live on across Canada where Indigenous people are incarcerated 9 times more often than non-Indigenous people.
Sir John A. Macdonald was erased from some public spaces. Now there's a movement to bring him back
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Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Sir John A. Macdonald was erased from some public spaces. Now there's a movement to bring him back | CBC News
The racial reckoning of the COVID era saw Canada grapple with its checkered past — a process that led to statues of some foundational figures being removed, in some instances by force. Five years on, ...
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December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Indigenous people were erased from the plains by John A. Macdonald’s proudly racist policies of violence and starvation.
Policies that live on across Canada where Indigenous people are incarcerated 9 times more often than non-Indigenous people.
Policies that live on across Canada where Indigenous people are incarcerated 9 times more often than non-Indigenous people.
Online only all city budget Queen City Improvement Bureau now on youtu.be/x9FyQNS9PeA #yqrcc
QCIB Dec 22 2025 - What A Long Strange Budget It's Been
YouTube video by PD City Hall — Paul Dechene
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December 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Online only all city budget Queen City Improvement Bureau now on youtu.be/x9FyQNS9PeA #yqrcc
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Yes. In addition to long-term street redesigns, we need to enforce traffic laws.
We currently have a culture that doesn’t consider road rules (like speed limits) to be legitimate or real.
Some jurisdictions — Ontario, Alberta — have banned/restricted automated speed enforcement. That’s bonkers.
We currently have a culture that doesn’t consider road rules (like speed limits) to be legitimate or real.
Some jurisdictions — Ontario, Alberta — have banned/restricted automated speed enforcement. That’s bonkers.
Is enforcement the answer to a deadly year on Calgary roads?
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December 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Yes. In addition to long-term street redesigns, we need to enforce traffic laws.
We currently have a culture that doesn’t consider road rules (like speed limits) to be legitimate or real.
Some jurisdictions — Ontario, Alberta — have banned/restricted automated speed enforcement. That’s bonkers.
We currently have a culture that doesn’t consider road rules (like speed limits) to be legitimate or real.
Some jurisdictions — Ontario, Alberta — have banned/restricted automated speed enforcement. That’s bonkers.
It's a special surprise holiday edition of the Queen City Improvement Bureau where we wrap up the 2026 Regina city budget like we're wrapping up a particularly shitty gift. Give it a shake! Is it novelty socks? Or is it a 10.9% mill rate increase? #yqrcc
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Dec 22 2025 - What A Long Strange Budget It's Been — Queen City Improvement Bureau
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.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's a special surprise holiday edition of the Queen City Improvement Bureau where we wrap up the 2026 Regina city budget like we're wrapping up a particularly shitty gift. Give it a shake! Is it novelty socks? Or is it a 10.9% mill rate increase? #yqrcc
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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Hey! You know that “60 Minutes” segment that was shelved because it would make Trump look bad?
Yeah… it was aired in Canada. 🙂
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Yeah… it was aired in Canada. 🙂
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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Hey! You know that “60 Minutes” segment that was shelved because it would make Trump look bad?
Yeah… it was aired in Canada. 🙂
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Yeah… it was aired in Canada. 🙂
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
This is a great summary of some of the failed motions during the city's budget deliberations. It's from the Leader Post's Larissa Kurz.
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Regina budget: Motions that missed during 2026 budget talks
Here's a look at some of the proposed 2026 budget amendments from city councillors that were voted down or put on hold this week.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is a great summary of some of the failed motions during the city's budget deliberations. It's from the Leader Post's Larissa Kurz.
leaderpost.com/news/local-n... #yqrcc
leaderpost.com/news/local-n... #yqrcc
oh man! i hope this is true. I've been waiting 20 years for print to come back.
#zinesrule
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#zinesrule
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‘The internet is dead.’ Long live print | CBC Arts
Flyers, posters, zines: they've always been important to the DIY music scene, but now that everything’s enshittified, print is the best line of communication in our post-search age.
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December 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
oh man! i hope this is true. I've been waiting 20 years for print to come back.
#zinesrule
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#zinesrule
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I missed this bit from the budget but Clr Turnbull went after the indoor skate park & tried to shift funding from that to playgrounds. Sounds like the skate park lease w/ REAL ends in April. Admin claims that the park is underutilized. Mancinelli made a very strong plea to keep funding it. #yqrcc
December 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I missed this bit from the budget but Clr Turnbull went after the indoor skate park & tried to shift funding from that to playgrounds. Sounds like the skate park lease w/ REAL ends in April. Admin claims that the park is underutilized. Mancinelli made a very strong plea to keep funding it. #yqrcc
First… yes, I am rewatching parts of the budget meeting. Recreationally.
Second… I know this is a really fussy, small point but…
Man…when Clr Bezo says things like "I'm going to turn this over to admin to comment," WHEN HE ISN'T THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING?
It's drives me nuts. #yqrcc
Second… I know this is a really fussy, small point but…
Man…when Clr Bezo says things like "I'm going to turn this over to admin to comment," WHEN HE ISN'T THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING?
It's drives me nuts. #yqrcc
December 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
First… yes, I am rewatching parts of the budget meeting. Recreationally.
Second… I know this is a really fussy, small point but…
Man…when Clr Bezo says things like "I'm going to turn this over to admin to comment," WHEN HE ISN'T THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING?
It's drives me nuts. #yqrcc
Second… I know this is a really fussy, small point but…
Man…when Clr Bezo says things like "I'm going to turn this over to admin to comment," WHEN HE ISN'T THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING?
It's drives me nuts. #yqrcc
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I never thought living in a rapidly deteriorating societal death spiral would be this fucking stupid.
Eat whatever
Eat whatever
October 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I never thought living in a rapidly deteriorating societal death spiral would be this fucking stupid.
Eat whatever
Eat whatever
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No matter where you are, you're at most only about 4 miles from certain death - a distance you could easily walk in the first half of a football game.
Gravity is the only thing holding us back. The stars taunt us for our inability to reach the oblivion that is the entire universe.
Eat arbys
Gravity is the only thing holding us back. The stars taunt us for our inability to reach the oblivion that is the entire universe.
Eat arbys
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
No matter where you are, you're at most only about 4 miles from certain death - a distance you could easily walk in the first half of a football game.
Gravity is the only thing holding us back. The stars taunt us for our inability to reach the oblivion that is the entire universe.
Eat arbys
Gravity is the only thing holding us back. The stars taunt us for our inability to reach the oblivion that is the entire universe.
Eat arbys
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Ancient people celebrated the darkest, shortest day of the year and so should you because fuck being awake.
Please enjoy arbys.
Please enjoy arbys.
December 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Ancient people celebrated the darkest, shortest day of the year and so should you because fuck being awake.
Please enjoy arbys.
Please enjoy arbys.
This!
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This!
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My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
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"Public meetings aren’t going anywhere, and citizen input will always have a place. But there have to be limits — and the views of nearby homeowners who show up for meetings can’t be the last word on whether Massachusetts gets the housing it needs."
December 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Public meetings aren’t going anywhere, and citizen input will always have a place. But there have to be limits — and the views of nearby homeowners who show up for meetings can’t be the last word on whether Massachusetts gets the housing it needs."