'I just think it's rotten': Evictions begin at Regina's Glen Elm Trailer Park

Chris Edwards · CBC News

· Posted: May 01, 2025 10:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Fourteen residents of the Glen Elm Trailer Park in Regina were evicted connected Wednesday, the latest improvement successful an ongoing saga betwixt galore residents of the parkland and its owner, Glen Elm Properties.

In January, 14 residents on a azygous portion of the parkland were served eviction notices telling them to permission the assemblage by April 30. They were told the sewer and waterlines serving their plots had go unviable and would beryllium turned disconnected connected May 1.

Several weeks later, dozens much residents received akin eviction notices, telling them to permission the parkland by June 30. 

According to Randall Edge, the president of the Glen Elm Retirement Community Residents Association, arsenic of Thursday afternoon, astatine slightest 2 of the 14 residents had moved retired and different has signed an statement to wantonness their home.

Edge believes a fig of the remaining 11 person abandoned their homes. Several stripped-down trailers sat unoccupied connected their tons connected Thursday.

"We bash person 1 study of 1 nonmigratory who's preparing to determination retired of their location and into their car to live," helium said. "We person a study that 1 of our residents that's there, they're going to petition themselves into bankruptcy."

Marleen Obrigewitsch is 1 of the 14 residents who has chosen to remain. She says she's lived successful the assemblage for 26 years, and has obscurity other to go.  

"I conscionable deliberation it's rotten," she said. "I haven't been capable to find a spot due to the fact that I'm connected a choky budget, and what I marque each period done my pensions, I can't spend to rent a regular apartment."

"I couldn't determination this," she said of her trailer. "I don't drive. Everything I request is close here. My doctors, my dentists, my oculus doctors, groceries, everything that I request is close present successful this area."

Rachel Torrie, a nonmigratory who was served a June 30 eviction notice, says she excessively is being forced to springiness up important section amenities. She says a section code therapist has been helping her youngest son, on with her older son, who has been diagnosed with ADHD.

"It's highly disheartening and it's upsetting," she said. "Why bash we person to permission due to the fact that of the neglect of immoderate fancy-pants spot proprietor who couldn't beryllium bothered to look aft his property?"

Torrie is portion of a radical of residents led by Edge who are trying to bargain retired the trailer parkland from Glen Elm Properties. Their archetypal offer, sent successful mid-April was rejected, but Edge has co-ordinated a 2nd offer, which helium says volition expire connected Friday.

"We're determined, and we're going to enactment successful a 3rd offer," helium said.

According to Edge, portion the homes are being cleared of trailers, the onshore has not been rezoned for thing different than manufactured homes.  

"We proceed to beryllium puzzled and perplexed and confused by … what the objectives are of the spot owner," helium said. 

CBC reached retired to Glen Elm Properties for comment, but did not person a reply anterior to publication.