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Local Saskatchewan Haunts: My top 5 haunted places in Regina to visit – ParaGhoul Paranormal: Discoveries from the Dark
Original air date: February 28, 2026
If you had only 48 hours in Regina, Saskatchewan, and wanted to search for ghosts for a possible paranormal experience, there are at least 5 places I’d tell you to check out. In tonight’s episode, I’ll share with you 5 haunted locations you can visit. I love all of these locations, and these are the ones I tend to recommend to those of you in my DMs who ask for a list.
Note, some of these are for adults aged 19 and older because they serve alcohol, so if you are under that age, make sure you double-check before you try to enter!
Okay, let’s get started.
#5: Casino Regina
The Casino Regina is one of my favourite buildings in Regina. It was originally built as the third railway station in Regina, when the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian Northern Railways combined their passenger facilities here in Queen City. Like many buildings here in Regina, it was built of Tyndall stone and officially opened in 1913.
The three-storey building served as the primary point of access to the city, attracting visitors, the military, and even royalty. It grew so quickly that it needed multiple expansions, one in 1921, another in 1927, and finally a third one in 1931. This added a waiting room, luggage storage, and more services to Union Station as Regina grew in popularity as a place to visit and live.
However, as we all know, railway travel didn’t last forever. After personal vehicles became popular and less people required travel by train, the last passenger train left Regina’s Union Station in 1990. For a while, it was used as storage until it was approved to become a casino in 1994, opening in 1996 after extensive renovations.
There are a few ghost stories associated with the building, but the most active area is said to be the basement. Down there, you can still find the prisoner cells, which were used to hold prisoners who were being transported, as they couldn’t be left on trains.
Unfortunately, the public is not allowed to see the basement. However, many staff have reported how creepy it is down there, including seeing doors that were once locked open on their own. Footsteps and voices have also been heard, leading some to believe that a prisoner once locked in one of the cells might still be there.
Now, that isn’t to say you might not have your own paranormal experience while visiting the main gaming hall of the casino. There have been claims of a woman seen walking on the upper floors, possibly a past traveller or employee still wandering the halls. I love how these old buildings all seem to have a female ghost that likes to wander the upper floor – if you’ve been listening to my podcast for a while, you will have noticed that pattern, too. It makes you wonder, what makes the top floor of old buildings so attractive to female ghosts?
Now, the Casino Regina is one of those locations that does not allow minors, so if you want to check it out, make sure you are at least 19 years old.
#4: Bushwakker Brewpub
Now, number 4 on my list is that of one of Regina’s brewpubs, where you can find live music, beer, and good food. Of course, this means it’s another 19-and-over venue, so you must be an adult to enter.
However, this building is where you might get to meet one of my favourite Regina ghosts, Mr. James Strathdee.
James was the manager of the building when it was first built – back when it was a wholesale grocery warehouse. The area where it was built was previously a residential zone, with the only building on the corner of Dewdney and Cornwall being a Chinese laundry known as Mack Lung Laundry. Until the F4 tornado ripped through the center of Regina in 1912, which is when the area was utterly destroyed, with buildings torn to pieces. From that destruction, the city rebuilt, deciding that the once residential area would be rezoned as a warehouse district, which is what we see today.
Naturally, given that a large tornado ripped through the area, ending with at least 28 lives lost in 1912 from that horrible evening, it seems only expected for some ghosts to be wandering around the area. After all that emotion and natural energy tearing through, it’s no wonder that Dewdney Ave is a bit of a hot spot of paranormal activity.
However, James didn’t come until after 1912, as the Campbell, Wilson, and Strathdee building was built after the tornado and opened in 1914. James was very proud to be the building’s manager and quickly became a prominent businessman in Regina. Everything was going well; he was well-known in the business community and was helping expand the grocery wholesale business to other Saskatchewan communities.
Unfortunately, that would all change in 1933, when James would suffer a head injury in a car accident while travelling home from Calgary. This unfortunate accident would be the start of his spiral out of the business community, and he would eventually be found shot in a field six miles north of Regina.
Although the details of the death were never announced, the coroner and police stopped the investigation quickly, leaving everyone to wonder what had happened. Had James, upset about his spiral out of the business community and no longer able to make sound business decisions, become depressed and felt there was no point in living? Or, had the business partners, who wanted him out of the grocery wholesale business for someone younger and more eager to take over, have something to do with it?
We may never know. But that makes some wonder whether James is still wandering the building, particularly in Bushwakker Brewpub, given that it was the location of his office when he managed the building.
Staff have reported hearing someone calling their name, things being moved without anyone around, and seeing a man in older period clothing walking around. In the basement, there is also a coal chute and an old coal pile near the boilers. Although the boilers have been updated, one staff member had pieces of coal thrown at them from the pile while they were inspecting the new boiler.
These aren’t the only experiences in the building, and some do happen on other floors. All experiences, however, point to someone watching over the building, making sure employees are working and staying on task, and that no one is harming the business or the building.
#3: College Avenue Campus
The College Avenue Campus comes in at number 3 for me, as it’s a publicly accessible building with a rich history and a few different ghosts.
The building itself was originally built in 1912 as a high school for the Methodist Church. It grew quickly, requiring the addition of the tower and a girls’ dormitory wing in 1916, with plans to add an east wing for boys that were never realized.
Over time, the school evolved, taking on many different functions and enduring some of its own tragedies. The first was in 1920, when a typhoid outbreak at the school was caused by contaminated milk in the cafeteria. This led to seventy-nine people falling ill, including students, teachers, and staff, and the girls’ dormitories turning into an emergency infirmary to care for those who had fallen ill.
Unfortunately, even with the efforts of the doctors and nurses to save everyone, nine people did pass away from the outbreak – eight students and one professor. The professor, Roy Renwick, passed away on Christmas morning, with his funeral taking place within the lecture hall of the college building. And the final student died on New Year’s Eve, before the clock struck midnight and the new year began.
Now you can only find the professor, Roy Renwick’s body, in the Regina Cemetery, as the students were taken home to be buried with their families. Roy was from southern Ontario, and given how difficult it was to travel in the middle of winter on the prairies in the 1920’s, it was decided to be too difficult to take his body home, so he was laid to rest here.
As the stories say, a shy shadow figure has been seen in the building’s basement. He is tall and is said to stay in the background, not wanting to draw too much attention to himself. This is thought to be the ghost of Roy Renwick, staying behind to watch over the children that died in the building, continuing to care for the students that did not survive. And there is at least one story about a young girl who is also seen and heard in the basement and the stairwell, although that is another story.
Before we get into the top 2 haunted places I recommend checking out in Regina if you are looking for a fun, potentially paranormal, experience, I want to make sure you are aware of something. In 2025, we started the YQR Haunts: Ghost Tour of Regina experience. It was a 3-hour bus tour that took attendees to 4 of the most haunted locations in Regina, including stops for history and ghost stories, and a chance to take pictures yourself. A couple of our attendees even managed to take some photos with unusual figures, which was very exciting. Given how much fun it was in 2025, we are expanding the tours in 2026. We will have walking tours over the summer months, a bus tour in the fall leading up to Halloween, and we will end with a final, VIP dining experience the week before Halloween. It’s going to be another amazing year, and we have new locations and new experiences coming your way. If you want to be notified when tickets go on sale, head over to sign up for the waitlist. Tickets go fast, so you won’t want to miss this.
#2: German Club
Okay, let’s get into number 2 on my list, which is a more recent addition. I am so glad I found it and very grateful to know one of the building’s managers. So, let’s talk about the Regina German Club.
Although I haven’t found any deaths in the building, it has been a popular hotspot for many years, leading you to wonder whether some ghosts just like to visit or check in on their favourite building from time to time. If you don’t know what the Regina German Club is, it’s a local clubhouse that celebrates German culture. It was formed in 1955 and moved to its current location in 1968, but you don’t have to be German to become a member. They host private and public events and make fantastic pretzels. They are located near downtown Regina on St. John Street.
From what I could tell in my research, the area was primarily a residential area, with a commercial building on the site around 1914. However, the area was known as Germantown for a period and was also home to a high number of Ukrainians, given the Ukrainian National Federation Auditorium next door.
From what I could tell, and from what the current managers have been able to find, there are no deaths or tragedies on the site, so it’s unknown for sure where the paranormal activity comes from. However, it tends to be friendly, or at least not deliberately scary, making the owners wonder whether it’s a former owner or a member of the group keeping tabs on the German Club.
The basement bathroom is said to have a presence, with many people seeing someone enter, only to follow them in and find it empty. My favourite story comes from a time when they actually had video footage of activity. There were staff around to witness it as well, but the video footage shows the tablecloth in a back area of the basement suddenly flying up, as if someone were trying to get their attention. Other activity includes lights turning off and on, voices heard behind, and footsteps. They’ve even had investigators in the building who captured EVPs of voices.
#1: Government House
Alright, I’m sure if you’ve been listening for a while, or maybe you’ve come on a YQR Haunts ghost tour with us, then you’ll know my #1 recommendation of a haunted building to check out when visiting Regina.
And that’s the Government House. The staff at the Government House welcome their ghosts, especially since they seem to like to help out around the place. Although sometimes there can be what we would consider creepy activity, like dolls moving in the children’s nursery or a music box that likes to play when no one is in the room, only to turn off as someone gets close. However, other activity of the museum includes knocks, footsteps, and voices.
If you don’t know, the Government House was built in 1891 as the residence for the Lieutenant Governor for what was then known as the North-West Territories. The building changed hands a few times over the years, after the Lieutenant Governor gave up the residence during the Great Depression in the 1940s. At that time, they also auctioned off all the furniture, so the antique furniture in the building is not original to the house. This is where I think the ghosts actually come from. Imagine all that furniture coming in from unknown pasts and owners.
However, the staff believes that the one person who died in the house, Cheun Lee, the chef for the Lieutenant Governor, is the main trickster ghost. Some say you can sometimes hear his flip-flops from the first bedroom at the top of the stairs, as his room and hall would have been on the other side of the wall, in the portion of the house that is not open to the public. My favourite story of Cheun Lee is his view about Halloween and people coming to the house. Apparently, one night, when children had come to the door for trick or treating, instead of candy, they got a bucket of dirty dishwater dumped on them by Cheun Lee! He liked his space and didn’t like too many guests in the house.
My husband and I have one personal experience from visiting the house as well – we believe Cheun Lee, or at least one of the ghosts, wanted to make itself known by knocking on the wall behind my husband while he was alone, filming some b-roll video on the stairs. He hasn’t been a big fan of the experiences he tends to get while out filming with me, but so far, he keeps coming!
Conclusion
And there you have it! Those are the top five locations I recommend when people ask me where they can experience some paranormal activity in Regina. Which location do you think should have made it on the list?
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