SaskatchewanThee Lingerie Shoppe and the Excalipurr Cat Cafe on Albert Street have both had their front windows smashed this month. For Thee Lingerie Shoppe, this past weekend’s vandalism was the sixth such incident since August.Albert Street businesses Thee Lingerie Shoppe and Excalipurr Cat Café have both had windows broken recentlyChris Edwards · CBC News · Posted: Oct 31, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe front windows of Thee Lingerie Shoppe have been smashed six times since August. (Linda Bell)The owner of a Regina lingerie store is speaking out after her business was vandalized again this past weekend — the sixth time in recent months. “It’s devastating for me,” said Linda Bell, the owner of Thee Lingerie Shoppe on Albert Street. Between Aug. 26 and Sept. 4, rocks were thrown at the store’s front window on five different occasions. In some cases, the rocks were thrown so hard that the windows were completely shattered, knocking over mannequins inside. In at least one case, Bell said she found glass near the back of her showroom.Then over the past weekend, someone damaged the new window Bell had installed. “We thought maybe it was the end. We’d had the windows replaced, and then last Sunday it started again,” she said.Nothing was stolen in any of the six incidents, and there’s no sign anyone entered the store after breaking the windows.Thee Lingerie Shoppe owner Linda Bell says Regina police have offered to increase their patrols near her business. (Linda Bell)Bell said insurance covered the first $10,000 worth of damage, but she’s had to pay $4,000 on top of that, and is worried about how much her insurance rates will go up next year.The store has installed new video cameras and tougher glass, but Bell and her staff say they’re fearful of another attack, especially while they’re there during the day. Bell believes a single person is targeting her business. No one has been identified as a suspect or arrested in connection with the vandalism.Bell has reported the incidents to the Regina Police Service, who she says have offered to patrol more frequently in the area.Cat café targetedThee Lingerie Shoppe isn’t the only Regina business that has had its window broken this month. In the early morning of Oct. 9, the front window of the Excalipurr Cat Café, farther north on Albert Street, was smashed, forcing the owners to board it up for several weeks. The cats, which were in the room next to the main café, were not harmed and nothing was stolen. No arrests have been made and no suspect has been identified in that case either.The front window of the Excalipurr Cat Café on Albert Street was smashed in the early morning of Oct. 9. (Chelsey Legendre)”It’s disheartening,” said Chelsey Legendre, Excalipurr’s owner. “We’ve been here for almost eight years and we’ve never really had an issue.”Legendre said she’s also invested in more security features, which she hopes will prevent further damage.She received a lot of support from the local community after the vandalism and didn’t lose much business afterward, Legendre said. Someone also donated the cost of the new window and its installation. “For small businesses, we don’t have thousands of dollars in our back pocket that we can just pull out at any time to fix,” she said. “This is the first time this has happened to us, but I have talked to other businesses that it’s happened multiple times.”Broken window reports down this yearThe Regina Police Service says it’s received 429 reports of broken windows since May 2025. August saw the most reports during that period, with 89. So far, 60 broken window incidents have been reported in October. That’s a decrease of 22 per cent compared to the 548 broken windows reported during the May to October period in 2024. In a statement, Regina police urged residents and business owners to report any vandalism or mischief.The police service said crime analysts “are constantly reviewing emerging crime trends in our city, and these statistics help direct police resources.”ABOUT THE AUTHORChris Edwards is a reporter at CBC Saskatchewan. Before entering journalism, he worked in the tech industry.
Repeated vandalism ‘devastating,’ Regina business owner says after 6 broken windows
