Children’s Festival Kids of all ages will celebrate creativity, curiosity and fun at the 30th annual Nutrien Children’s Festival of Saskatchewan. The festival will be held at Rotary Park. More than 20,000 visitors are expected to take part in theatre, music, dance, comedy and circus arts performances from around the world, and participate in countless...
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Persephone Theatre
Founded in 1974, Persephone Theatre has become one of the largest theatres in Canada, and the largest in Saskatchewan. Founded by Janet and Susan Wright, and Brian Richmond (the theatre’s first artistic director), Persephone Theatre has a long, rich history of supporting the arts in Saskatoon. In its early years, Persephone faced many problems associated...
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City Leisure Centres
COSMO CIVIC CENTRE 3130 Laurier Drive | 306-975-3344 The unique combination of recreational facilities and meeting space makes the facility great for mixing business with pleasure. Take one of Cosmo’s popular cooking classes and learn the art of Thai, Chinese or Vietnamese food, or even how to make your own sushi. Also home to a...
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Attractions abound in Saskatoon
Forestry Farm Park & Zoo It all began with a tree nursery. Millions of saplings and 100 years later, the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo remains a cornerstone of ecology, inspired learning and lasting memories. Today, this national historic site boasts carefully crafted gardens, restored heritage buildings, a great new naturally-themed playground, and Saskatchewan’s...
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Services
OPEN DOOR SOCIETY The Saskatoon Open Door Society was established in 1980 as a safe place to welcome and assist refugees and immigrants new to Saskatoon. This allows for newcomers to Canada to become informed about their new country, while also involving the Saskatoon community in their hospitable reception and acceptance. Due to the Open...
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Saskatoon grows where buffalo roamed
The Saskatoon area has been inhabited for at least 8,000 years. Buffalo kill sites, teepee rings and a medicine wheel can still be seen today and form an important link with the past. The first European to set foot on the northern prairies was Henry Kelsey, a fur trader and explorer who arrived in 1690....
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These a few of my favourite places
Welcome to Saskatoon. I hope you discover places in the city that this old guy hasn’t. I am ashamed to admit that I had never explored the Western Development Museum in its entirety. During the Festival of Trees, one of the city’s must-attend events, my wife, my sister-in-law and I walked down Mainstreet. When we...
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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021your SASKATOON news
Suffering pandemic fatigue? There is help.
Recently, I have been noticing some new buzzwords brought on by the pandemic. Languishing is a word that has recently been trending. It is being used to describe not exactly feeling depressed, but also not flourishing. Doomscrolling is spending too much time at a screen, looking at all the bad news, even when we find...
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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021your SASKATOON news
Strength comes in many forms
When Ken died in February, we had an outpouring of messages from readers, with many telling us how much his columns meant to them. In light of that, we thought we would go back through our files and re-publish some of his columns. Ken would be flattered by the kind words readers expressed. We miss...
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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021your SASKATOON news
Housing sales well above 10-year average
Spring has definitely arrived in Saskatoon. With it, comes unpredictable weather. One weekend in May, we were playing in the backyard with temperatures in the high 20s, then we had some snow a few days later, then a pouring rain a few days later and temperatures struggling to get to six degrees. Ahh, life on...