Moose Jaw city council learned during the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant’s 2024 annual report that the plant briefly exceeded the maximum acceptable concentration of fluoride in December. On Dec. 5, 2024, the plant exceeded 1.5 mg/L of fluoride in the Moose Jaw transmission line for approximately 12 minutes. The online analyzer registered 1.73 mg/L, […]
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Future of fluoride: Water Treatment Plant considering merging MJ, Regina systems
The Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant (BPWTP), which supplies drinking water to both Regina and Moose Jaw, is preparing to expand fluoride treatment to Regina’s water system for the first time in decades following a recent decision by Regina City Council. Construction is set to begin in 2026, after current work on the ongoing $325 […]
New motion aims to restrict out-of-town delegates at Regina city council meetings
Regina city council is taking another look at the rules which determine who can speak at council meetings in a fresh attempt to reduce the length of those sessions for councillors, city staff and the public alike. Coun. Sarah Turnbull (Ward 5) has submitted a motion asking to amend the Procedure Bylaw so “non-residents of […]
Regina to move forward with putting fluoride in water supply in 2026
A proposal to take a new look at Regina’s plans to put fluoride in its water supply was shot down in a 7-3 vote Friday at city council. The issue resurfaced when Ward 10 councillor Clark Bezo introduced a reconsideration motion on the issue. After an eight-hour meeting council voted against the motion. The city […]
Regina town hall meeting on fluoride cancelled due to safety concerns
A planned town hall meeting about the upcoming fluoride debate at Regina City Hall has been cancelled due to safety concerns. The event, organized by Ward 5 Councillor Sarah Turnbull, was to be held on Tuesday night at the Victoria Square Mall. But Turnbull said the public meeting was cancelled after it was met with […]
Regina city countil to reconsider fluoride in water
Regina city council will revisit a 2021 decision to incorporate fluoride in the city’s water supply. A notice of motion submitted by Ward 10 Coun. Clark Bezo prompted the scheduling of a special council meeting on May 2. The City of Regina was set to begin the community fluoride program in 2026 once the upgrades to […]
Regina councillor wants to reverse 2021 decision to include fluoride in drinking water
One Regina city councillor says he wants to stop the city from including fluoride in Regina’s drinking water. Ward 10 Coun. Clark Bezo has served notice that following last November’s civic election, he wants to reconsider a 2021 decision made by the previous city council. “There is nine new faces around that table, and there is a […]
‘Stop this program right now’: Regina city councillor hoping to halt addition of fluoride to city’s water
Ward 10 Coun. Clark Bezo is hoping to prevent the addition of fluoride to Regina’s drinking water. “I put the motion forward to stop this program right now,” Bezo told reporters on Wednesday. “We don’t have [fluoride] in our water. And we have to ask ourselves, ‘Is this really for the best interest of the […]
Motion to reconsider fluoride decision on Regina water coming to city council
One Regina city councillor is looking to revisit a previous decision to add fluoride to Regina’s water. If successful, it would reopen a decades-long debate over the potential health impacts of the mineral. Ward 10 councillor Clark Bezo has put forward a motion to reconsider city council’s 2021 decision to adopt a fluoridation program once […]
No plans to remove fluoride from Swift Current drinking water
There are no imminent plans to remove fluoride from the City of Swift Current’s drinking water. Back in December, a conversation at City Council resulted in GM of Infrastructure Greg Parsons stating the city was examining whether to keep adding fluoride to drinking water. Councillor Courtney Stewart received some feedback on the issue. “Since then, […]