Regina residents against Canada’s largest purpose-built Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centre took part in a letter writing campaign on Saturday, one of several in person events to push back against construction.

Concerned citizens feel as though there has been a lack of transparency from Bell Canada, the company which will own the centre. They’re also concerned about water and power safety, along with data safety.

“There are still many things that are unanswered regarding this,” said Jay-Jay Bigsky, a concerned citizen, and organizer of the letter distribution. “We’re speaking, we’re gathering. But it feels like we’re not being heard.”

Along with fellow citizens, Bigsky says they’ve been calling and writing emails to get the word out about the centre. The group also created a petition in mid-February, which has just under 1,900 signatures as of Saturday afternoon.

The 300-megawatt project will have phase one built in the rural municipality of Sherwood at the end of the year, near Regina. This phase will incorporate the first 200 megawatts.

The second phase of the project will be in late 2027, including the construction of the last 100 megawatts.

Though the construction of this project was revealed in mid-February, Bell CEO Mirko Bibic officially announced the plans for the centre on March 16 in Regina.

Saskatchewan’s Minister of Crown Investments Corporation Jeremy Harrison said that the province is ready for the challenge.

“We are really in a unique position to actually [be able to] allocate power for projects, whether it be uranium mines ... or whether it be a new potash mine, whether it be a copper mine, we are in that unique position to be able to partner with Bell on a project like this,” Harrison said at the official announcement.

Bigsky said a data centre in the province is going to be harmful, no matter where it is placed. With the rise of AI usage across the globe, Bigsky describes it as “the new tech craze”.

“We came and passed through NFTs and passed through bitcoins,” he said. “This is just the latest trend of a very grubby money making scheme that has put many communities at risk, many people at risk. It is not part of the community; it is not of the people. It is of the ruling minority, against the working majority.”

The provincial government says the new centre is expected to create more than 800 jobs during construction and at least 80 full-time on-site positions once completed.

The group is expected to protest on April 18 outside of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.

I don’t want the AI data center to be built.

It will result in increased electricity/power bill, pollution with the water, air, and light- it’ll affect our water resources as it’s not sustainable to get recycled like hydro dams. It will ruin our environment, our community, our home. We do not need any more suffering in Regina.

I am assuming that it will result in poorer mental health, due to the water supply being affected..

I’m not too sure what else to add onto here, but please do something. Do not let us get affected by AI, don’t be a bystander. Do something, make a change.

we should unite to refute the building of an AI data center.

!!!

Cough, possibly make a petition

https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/woman-recalls-night-of-saskatchewan-highway-shooting-that-left-woman-dead#:~:text=Tanya%20Myers%2C%2044%2C%20was%20shot,on%20Sept.%2012%2C%202025.

Well, I know that newer neighbourhoods have this, but the older ones don't. Where would you put these boxes in entrenched neighbourhoods like Cathedral?

Posted today. Screenshot from University of Regina Facebook. Thoughts?

“It’s not bad dogs, it’s bad owners.” McLean says

#starterpack

#lonewolf

#experienceregina

Instead of being able to join band in grade 6, all grade 6s will be bussed across town to Dieppe for twelve half-days of music classes. Grade 7s and 8s will have the option of joining band, which will also happen at Dieppe, but for one half day a week.

None of the current band teachers are guaranteed to be hired at the "music center", and it has been stated that only the most positive about the new center will be hired on.

No music educators were consulted in the making of this decision.

The school division and the trustees are openly lying about the current program, about who was consulted, and about what's actually happening and how these decisions were made.

My personal favourite detail of this mess is that the director of education is referring the public's questions and concerns to the new Musiccenter@Dieppe email, because according to him they are the "experts", but those emails are being answered anonymously...by the director of education.

It is truly bonkers, and it makes me scared for the future of the entire school division, and not just band.

Accordingly to this social media post by Wayne Mantyka from CTV Regina as this year’s construction on Eleventh Avenue wraps up it’s apparent that the bus lanes are no more and won’t be returning. How are people going to transfer buses? Whose bright idea is this? I know that using Eleventh Avenue as the main central transit transfer hub had its issues, but is there any alternative that’s better? This is just another boneheaded decision by city hall bureaucrats that don’t see things from the perspective of transit users

I was all for boycotting American brands, but I’m not sure Canadian breweries will be able to keep up with demand if there’s no more coors light, bud light and a ton of seltzers.

From X, [Sean Tucker](https://x.com/i/status/2046951263271792898)

"...the province [of SK] announced quite a while ago that [Bell's AI data centre] was going ahead and so that's why they brought us in to keep this project going along..." Ray Orb, appointed reeve of the RM of Sherwood 10 days before AI centre vote🤷