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Canada Day

Canada’s birthday is coming up, what do you have planned?

Can you believe July long is this weekend? Crazy how time continues to speed up. (Insert cliche statement about ‘time’ here). However, these long weekend checkpoints are a nice reminder to stop and smell the roses once in a while. 

As Jazz Fest is winding down this week, our question remains, what do you have planned for this weekend’s summer kickoff? We would love some feedback on what your favourite memories were on this weekend. With that in mind, we have put together some great ideas for you to try, if you have not already made a game plan. Here we go!

If you live around Saskatoon, you can partake in Optimist Canada Day at Diefenbaker Park. The schedule is here and it is loaded with the activities, such as: 

  1. Pancake Breakfast  8 – 11:00am
  2. Sask Intercultural Association 11:30 – 1:30pm
  3. Pavlychenko Dance Ensemble 2 – 2:30pm
  4. Media Stage Entertainment (Michele Dubois & Chris Henderson) 3:15 – 5:45pm
  5. Transcontinental Blues Band   6:15 – 7:00pm
  6. Tucker Lane Band   7:30 – 8:30pm
  7. Stuck in the 80’s Band   9:00 – 10:30pm
  8. Fireworks presentation by NUTRIEN.   10:40pm

There will be food trucks, children’s activities (including: face painting, tattoos, amusement rides, etc.) and a Flea Market all day long. The recipe for a hooting good time. Warman is also having a similar lineup of events.  

Or maybe you want to view the fireworks from the water. You can book a specialty cruise here, and for $80 you can watch from the river. Check to see if there is availability. 

For those who maybe want to escape the city, you may wish to explore some of our great Saskatchewan Parks & Lakes. Check out these more remote areas for some Canada Day festivities:

There are all kinds of activities, in Saskatchewan, during this Canada Day weekend. Sometimes it’s nice to have a quieter weekend away with family and friends and just go camping, or have a nice evening outside on the patio. Kick up your feet, you’ve worked hard.

Saskatchewan is known for its living skies and it’s nice to take it in when you can. Whether it’s sunsets, rainbows, thunderstorms or northern lights; we get our share of spectacular activity in the skies. Those living skies will now include a variety of fireworks shows this weekend, so keep an eye out for those. 

We are very lucky to live in this amazing country called Canada. We are a melting pot of diverse people from all walks of life. Despite our differences, we come together and we support one another. We were very fortunate to have our very own Toronto Raptors win the NBA Championship just a few weeks ago, and it was great to see the country united in that victory. Let’s take time this weekend to remember and reflect on what we love about our amazing country and how we can continue to make Canada the greatest nation on earth. Happy Canada Day everyone!

 

Canada Day 151 – Celebrating our freedoms


It’s the most wonderful time of the year….

I don’t know about you, but Canada Day weekend has got to be my favorite one of the year (yes, I realize the gravity of putting this on the level with Christmas and New Years).  I love the warm weather, the summer vibes, and the festivities that happen around the province. It’s the one weekend of the year where no matter what your political direction, you can celebrate all the amazing things this country, Canada, has to offer. We enjoy (in abundance) prosperity, peace, safety, and….

Freedom.


With freedom comes responsibility.  We get the freedom to choose our careers, our lifestyles, where to live, and what we will do in our spare time.  We are also free to choose what to celebrate: birthdays, anniversaries, pride, veterans, Christmas; and Canada Day 151 will be no exception. There will be those who will want to throw down, enjoy some weekend beverages in the sun with friends and family under a sky full of fireworks.  Perhaps you are someone that is waiting for a different type of thrill…such as legalized marijuana (cue elephant in the room). If you are waiting for the latter, with anticipation, please remember that this date has been pushed back until October 17th, for the leafy drug’s introduction to legal standing.  Until that legalization is complete, please obey the laws that are currently in force; drug possession still carries serious repercussions to anyone caught with it in their possession.

Following this rabbit hole of substances and freedoms, it begs the question: “how will one choose to use their freedoms while celebrating, and will we be responsible with that freedom?”  It seems like every couple of days, there is an article in the news about someone driving impaired which results in a serious injury or death.  There is great sadness that comes when we read these reports, because, why do we as a society, choose to take chances with our freedoms, and risk lives so unnecessarily.  Life is short, and we all have a responsibility to care for our lives, and those around us, which involves making plans ahead of time when celebrating.


The message this week is simple- no matter what freedoms you choose to exercise this upcoming Canada Day, plan to handle those freedoms responsibly, and within the boundaries of the laws that govern our great land.  Make plans to have a method of transportation to get home after celebrating. Give a sober friend your keys, call a taxi or a ride-share service, and have the courage to respect yourself and those around you by not driving impaired.

It’s one of the best times of the year- please don’t spoil it! Choose to be responsible with your freedom.  Celebrate this beautiful country, remember the ones who fought for it, and respect the ones that keep it safe, by following the rules.