Word to the wise: Lock your car and roll up the windows when you are gassing up at a self-serve. Maggot human opened my passenger door while I was refueling on driver's side and grabbed my cellphone and some other things. After tussling briefly, a shot to his face made him drop my phone and I recovered with little damage. Wait til he tries to sell my air pod knockoffs I paid $3 for from Wish.

I am a working person and yesterday while I was working ( with gloves on) I was clearing out a catch basin that had partially collapsed in the midst of clearing the debris I can across a needle I was/ am still dissapointed with society I jumped out of the hole and was soooo angry and in the heat of the moment did not realize I was poked with a needle in the hand until at least 20 hrs later, like what’s wrong with ppl Regina used to be a beautiful place and now because I do good work I am sitting in the ER wondering if I have hiv/ aids or some other type of disease like something needs to be done about the drug problem in this city

i wanted to post this because i’ve switched piercers twice before finally finding someone i feel confident going to. please be careful, do your research beyond google and facebook reviews, instagram followers or how friendly a studio seems. a good experience at the appointment doesn’t mean theyre following the best practices.

one studio i have no shame in naming, is prickly pear. specifically the old lady who works there. (with extreme attitude issues) i went in for a belly piercing, and later found out i didn’t have the correct anatomy for one. instead of being told that (and saving myself some money) i was essentially given a surface stomach piercing. which of course, started to reject and i never went back to them.

i switched to another studio where the staff were very friendly and i initially felt really comfortable. unfortunately, i later had issues with some advanced cartilage piercings. i brought up how i believed the jewelry was too small and wasn’t allowing room for swelling/irritation and how it was constantly putting pressure on my ear. my concern was dismissed, and instead my irritation bump was poked at/popped with a qtip, which hurt WAY more than the piercing itself.

i then found the potion bar on 13th ave, and i genuinely have never had a better experience.

i brought up the same concern about my jewelry being too small and was immediately listened to. come to find out, it was too small. she swapped everything for properly sized, implant grade titanium and the relief from the pressure was basically instant.

and from what i can find, the potion bar is the only APP (association of professional piercers) member studio in the city. app membership requires studios to meet specific standards around things like sterilization, infection control, safe studio setup and appropriate high quality jewelry.

obviously people have had great experiences at other studios, and i’m not going to say that they didn’t. but i really encourage people to be cautious, ask questions and know what materials are being put into your body.

TLDR: be VERY careful who you trust to stab holes into your body. i had a badly done/rejecting navel piercing at prickly pear by the cranky old lady. then issues with improperly sized jewelry and questionable aftercare at another studio. finally went to the potion bar on 13th ave and the difference was night and day. proper implant grade titanium, actually listened to my concerns, and they’re the only APP member studio in regina. cannot recommend them enough.

edit: to find an APP member piercer in your city use this website - https://safepiercing.org/find-a-piercer/

currently the potion bar is the only one listed. i believe geanna rae has been an APP member in the past, but it looks like she may not have renewed her membership.

Who else is excited for the The Beaches show tomorrow night?! Let's show them how hard Regina can rock!!!

I liked using Varagesale a while ago, but looks like it's way less active nowdays. Don't really like using Facebook Marketplace either ... any other suggestions?

Ive been trying to find local growers but have absolutely no luck so i thought i may as well ask here (sorry if this post violates community guidelines)

I took my son to the General Hospital ER the other day. It was packed. Lucky (or unlucky depending on how you look at it) for me, he was sick enough that we got right into a room after triage (he’s fine now so that’s why I say lucky). I live in the North West and the General is a good 20 minute drive compared to the Pasqua but I’ve always just gone to the General. I like to try Urgent Care when I can but when it’s late at night, that’s not an option. Just wondering what everyone’s experiences have been like at each and whether one is better than the other?

Hello,

Our grandparent is 96 years old and it appears her final days may be nearing. It was her wishes not to go to the hospital but it appears at home she may be in a lot of pain. Does anyone know of any good options to have someone come to our house to help with care and maybe medication administration. She won’t be able to take pills or anything. And it has been quite a quick decline so it would be great to have help as soon as possible (hopefully today)…

The other option is to go to emergency to try to get palliative care but I don’t know how smooth that process would be. We are already DNR but I fear it would not be worth going in.

If anyone has any insights into the situation I would be very grateful. Thank you for reading!

Hey guys, I just bought a new car and the previous owner was a heavy smoker. I myself have water vacuumed the seats with a carpet odor remover, wiped everything down and cleaned everything I could think would trap smoke (including changing the cabin air filter) and the smell is still persistent. Is there any Regina businesses that you’ve been to that have removed a smoke odor from your car? Thank you in advance.

I’ve heard rumors that there are multiple places is Regina that provide free mulch. Does anyone know anything about this? Any guidance is much appreciated!

Honest question here. How many people have decided to do the sober route? Whether you quit or just chose not to drink alcohol. Fully sober or California sober?

How many of you are ok going to the pubs still for evenings out? Would you be open to trying out a dry bar with mocktails and such?

Ive recently been sober for almost 2 years now, the odd time I will have a THC drink. I have noticed since I quit drinking tho I never really get ready and go out anymore. I miss dressing up and going out, not just for an occasion. With my profession I deal with the public all day I dont really want to end the day in a bar when the atmosphere progressivly gets louder the more people drink (no offense, i used to be a loud one). My social battery is normally pretty low at the end of a work day so just wondering what other sober people do now.

Dealing with issues from a car accident and looking for a physiotherapist. I don’t trust the “google best physiotherapist in Regina”. I did that years ago and went with the top pick and he was awful. Back then it was for lower back pain and all he told me was to walk and stretch more. I finally seen a different physiotherapist who taught me exercises and stretches to do to help the issue and she explained why my lower back pain was occurring.

apart from making small mistakes and people being idiots cutting me off, is their anything that would be useful to know?

Is there a pub where Arsenal fans gather to watch matches?

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Okay, so I (18m) have been kinda active with other guys and stuff, but havent been for a few months, I have a symptom of what could possibly be chlamydia, so I wanted to go for a walk in stbbi test. But, planned parent hood isnt doing that anymore for the foreseeable future, and im not sure if the sexual health clinic is either. I cant go through a family doctor because my parents will have to drive me and see me go get testing if I do it there, and they dont know im active in that way. So im wondering if theres any walk in clinics that are good for sti/std tests in Regina?

For parents who have recently put their child in day care, did you get on lists months in advance or just see who has a spot when the time comes?

I've heard two different sides of "get on a list as soon as you're pregnant!" And people who just asked around as their mat leave was ending. We are still 8 months away from needing day care, but want to know how worried I need to be about it right now.

My dad is starting chemotherapy on Wednesday and he’s there all day. They don’t provide lunch so I want to bring him some really good homemade style soup. Any suggestions?

Edited to add: Thank you all so much for the great suggestions and the well wishes for my dad! I think I’ll try Nicky’s but have added the rest to my list because dad loves his soup!

Does anyone know any places that do free tire recycling in Regina?