Regina police arrest suspect after victims threatened with knife, bear sprayed

CTV News

30-06-2025

The Regina Police Service (RPS) has arrested and charged a woman following a pair of incidents involving bear spray over the weekend.
On June 29, just after 12 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 2900 block of Dewdney Avenue for a reported weapons offence. Police learned that a woman had threatened the victim with a knife and bear sprayed them.
A short time later, RPS received a second report, that the same suspect had bear sprayed another victim on the 1900 block of Lorne Street.
Officers arrived at that scene and found the suspect – who was arrested without incident. During a search of the woman's belongings – officers recovered a canister of bear spray and a knife.
A 22-year-old woman from Regina faces one count of assault with a weapon and possessing a weapon.
The accused made her first appearance at provincial court in Regina on Monday, June 30.