
SGI is reminding residents to drive sober this Canada Day long weekend. According to SGI, police caught 476 people driving after exceeding the legal limits of alcohol or drugs, including 206 Criminal Code charges and 270 administrative suspensions for exceeding provincial limits in May. An impaired driving offence can result in licence suspensions, vehicle impoundments, […]
Even though hockey is the sport Canada is most renowned for, with sizzling summer temperatures it seems fitting the gridiron game will be the one celebrating our nation’s birthday with a series of Canadian Football League (CFL) games to recognize the beauty of sport within the country. Traces of Riderville are sprinkled everywhere in Canada […]
Inside and outside of Government House will be a hive of activity on Canada Day. Things begin at 1 at Government House Canada Day, said Carolyn Spiers of the Lt.-Gov. office. “And it is Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty and Donna Mirasty’s first opportunity to host people, so they’re really looking forward to having people on the […]
Canada Day will be celebrated in many communities across the province. In Moose Jaw, Crescent Park is the place to be from 11 to 4 p.m. Performers will hit the stage in the Amphitheatre at 1 p.m. The Moose Jaw Kinsmen will provide the fireworks once again in the Hamilton Flats area in the evening. […]
Provincial parks are going to be the place to be on Canada Day. The province announced that each participating park will have crafts like floatie races, cake and cupcakes, trivia games and park ventures with clues and directions. Many parks are participating, including Buffalo Pound, Rowan’s Ravine, Cypress Hills, Candle Lake, Moose Mountain, Duck Mountain, […]
Droves of people gathered at the Saskatchewan Legislature to pay honour those who lost their lives while attending residential schools in Canada. The vigil came at the end of a toned-down Canada Day due to both the pandemic, and the recent discoveries of over 1000 unmarked graves at former residential schools in B.C., and Saskatchewan. […]
Some Saskatchewan communities are going ahead with Canada Day celebrations, while others have chosen to postpone or shift their celebrations. Regina cancelled its Canada Day festivities back on May 14 due to COVID-19. However, this was before the discovery of unmarked graves at residential school sites, which has motivated some Canadians to spend the day […]
Canada Day will not look the way it normally does in our province as many communities are passing up on festivities in the wake of last month’s discovery of 751 unmarked graves on the Cowessess First Nation at the site of a former residential school. Premier Scott Moe has no problem with communities doing what […]