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Towing and Tow Truck Service in Regina, Saskatchewan
Stuck in Regina? Call 1-888-TOW-1213. We lock your price by text, send the nearest available partner tow company and check on you until help arrives.
If anyone is hurt or you're stopped in a live lane, call 911 first.
- Check-ins until help arrives
- Driver card and truck tracking
- Price locked by text
- Photo-protected tow
How it works in Regina. Sentinel Towing is a network, not a tow company. A vetted local partner in the Regina area does the job. We stay with you by text and hold them to your locked price. Not in Regina? Find a tow truck near you.
Regina tow truck service
Towing in Regina: Ring Road, the Bypass and Lewvan
Regina sits on a broad, flat, treeless plain, and the wind has nothing to stop it. Here are the main roads, and what to do on each.
Ring Road
Ring Road loops around the north, east and south sides of the city at 100 km/h, with 13 interchanges. Lewvan Drive and Pasqua Street act as the west side. Interchanges include Albert Street, Wascana Parkway, Arcola Avenue, Victoria Avenue, Dewdney Avenue, Ross Avenue, McDonald Street and Winnipeg Street. Tell us the last one you passed and which way you were going.
The Regina Bypass
Highway 1 now officially follows the Regina Bypass, a 44.3 km four-lane highway south and west of the city that links the Trans-Canada with Highway 11. It runs west of the airport and meets Highway 1 again east of town near Tower Road. The limit is 100 km/h. If you stop on it, get as far right on the shoulder as you can.
Highway 11 and Highway 1 out of town
Highway 11, the Louis Riel Trail, heads northwest to Lumsden and on to Saskatoon. Highway 1 east to Balgonie is the longest freeway section in Saskatchewan, and west to Moose Jaw it carries the name Highway of Heroes. A dead engine out there is a tow job, so tell us the nearest overpass or town.
The Ring Road rail crossings
Past the McDonald Street interchange, Ring Road has two light-controlled railway crossings, not overpasses. Evening rush hour often backs traffic up there. If your car quits in that line, turn your hazards on and stay in your seat. Never stop on the tracks. If you're stuck on them, get out, move well away and call 911.
Queen City winter
Prairie Wind, Blowing Snow and Whiteouts
In Regina, the cold and the wind cause as much trouble as the snow. Environment Canada's 1981 to 2010 normals for Regina International Airport show about 100 cm of snow a year, but blowing snow on about 19 days. The average January low is about minus 20 C. Lows fall below minus 30 C on about 12 days a year, and wind chill drops below minus 30 on about 39.
Saskatchewan's driver handbook describes a whiteout as the moment when "the sky, horizon and ground blend into one." If one hits while you're on the Bypass or Highway 11, here's what to do:
- Stay with your car. The handbook is blunt about it. Many people die when they leave their vehicles to walk for help in a blizzard.
- Get off the travel lanes. Pull onto the shoulder as far right as you can, hazards on. Never stop on the traveled part of a freeway.
- Check the Highway Hotline. The province's Highway Hotline shows road conditions on a map, and you can dial 5-1-1. Its maps are updated three times a day, or more when conditions change.
- Mind the battery. After a night below minus 30, a weak battery may only click. That's a jump start, and you can wait in a warm spot while the truck comes.
Summers swing the other way, with about 16 days a year above 30 C. Heat can finish off a battery that barely made it through winter.
Regina Snow Routes and Saskatchewan's Slow to 60
Slow to 60 for tow trucks
When a tow truck is stopped on the roadside with amber, or amber and blue, lights flashing, drivers must slow to 60 km/h to pass. On a divided highway it doesn't apply to traffic going the other way. On an undivided road, it does. The rule is in the SGI driver's handbook.
Snow routes
Snow routes are marked with blue signs and a white snowflake. When the city declares one, after at least 5 cm of snow, you can't park on it for 24 hours, 6 a.m. to 6 a.m. Cars left there get ticketed. Check the City of Regina snow routes page.
Private lots
Regina's traffic bylaw says you can't park on private property without the owner's express consent. Read the signs before you leave your car in a lot that isn't yours.
If the city seized your car
To get it back, you pay outstanding fines plus the towing fee and daily storage. That's a city process, not a roadside call. If the car won't start once it's yours again, call us.
Areas We Cover Around Regina
- Downtown, the Warehouse District and Cathedral
- Lakeview and Albert Park
- Harbour Landing
- Whitmore Park, Hillsdale and Uplands
- Normanview and Walsh Acres
- Arcola East and Eastview
- Dieppe and Westerra
- North Central, Heritage and Al Ritchie
- White City and Emerald Park
- Pilot Butte, Balgonie, Lumsden and Pense
Game day at Mosaic Stadium
A car that won't start in a packed lot after a Roughriders game is a long wait in the cold. Call once you're safe. We text your driver's name, photo and truck, and you can track your truck as it works through traffic.
Regina Towing Questions
I'm stuck on the Regina Bypass in blowing snow. What should I do?
Stay in your car with your belt on and hazards flashing. Don't walk for help. Call us, and we'll check on you by text until the truck arrives. If you're in a live lane or anyone is hurt, call 911 first.
My keys are locked in my car at the University of Regina. Can you help?
Yes. That's a car lockout. Tell us which lot. You'll get the price by text before anyone heads out.
Will the price change once the driver sees my car?
Not upward. You get your price by text before we dispatch. If the final bill is higher, you pay the texted price. That's part of the Stay-With-You Promise.
Can you reach me in White City or Emerald Park?
Call and tell us exactly where you are. We'll tell you right away which partner can reach you, and text you the price first.
Roadside help in Regina, SK
Tow Truck and Roadside Services in Regina
Sentinel is a 24-hour towing and roadside assistance network for Regina drivers. Tell us what happened, and we send a vetted local towing company near you with a truck suited to the job: a tow truck for a car that can't be driven (a flatbed where the vehicle needs one, like many all-wheel-drive cars), or a service truck for a jump start, lockout, flat tire, fuel delivery or winch-out.
Car towing
Cars, SUVs, minivans and light pickups. Price locked by text, photos before hookup.
Car towing
Jump starts
Clicks, dim dash lights or nothing at all? A dead battery jump, day or night.
Jump starts
Car lockouts
Keys locked inside, on the seat or in the trunk. A partner works to get you back in without damage.
Car lockouts
Flat tire changes
Got a spare but no safe way to put it on? A partner swaps it for you.
Flat tire changes
Fuel delivery
Ran out of gas? Enough fuel to get you to the nearest station.
Fuel delivery
Winch-outs
Stuck in snow, mud or a shallow ditch near the road? A partner can usually pull you out.
Winch-outsThe Sentinel Stay-With-You Promise
Seven Promises on Every Regina Call
Read the fine print on the promise page.
We stay with you. From your call until the truck arrives, we check on you by text.
See your driver before they arrive. You get their name, photo and truck by text, and you can track your truck on a map.
Your family knows too. Give us one number, and we text them your location and arrival time.
Photo-protected tow. Before hookup, your driver photographs all 4 sides of your vehicle. We text you the photos.
Price locked by text. You get your price by text before we dispatch. That price is the most you pay for the job. If the job changes, we text a new price first and you decide.
Never stranded after. Ride along in the truck when it's safe and allowed, or we help you get a ride. We also point you to a good repair shop.
Free Sentinel Circle. After your first job, your vehicle is on file. Next time, just text "TOW" for priority dispatch.
How it works
From Your Call to Your Driver
- 01You call
Our 24/7 line answers
Call 1-888-TOW-1213. Tell us where you are, what you drive and what went wrong.
- 02We lock it in
Your price, by text
We text your price before anyone is sent. That's the most you'll pay for the job you described.
- 03A partner accepts
The nearest truck takes it
The nearest available partner tow company accepts your job. They're vetted for insurance and licensing.
- 04You see who's coming
Driver card and tracking
You get your driver's name, photo and truck, plus a link to track your truck. We check in until they arrive.
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Stuck in Regina? Call and We'll Stay With You.
Our line answers 24/7. Your price is locked by text before we send anyone.