Prince Albert residents threw everything they had into the city’s 2016 Canada Day celebrations.
Hundreds filled Kinsmen Park for activities, food and shows.
Celebrations were cancelled in 2015 due to wildfire smoke and health concerns. This year the weather held steady with sun and some clouds.
Fireworks will launch from Kinsmen Park once the sun goes down.
Provincial celebrations
In downtown Melfort at the Memorial Gardens festivities will get underway at 3 p.m. with an opening ceremony to be followed by cake at 4 p.m.
There will also be a magician to entertain those in Melfort from 4 to 7 p.m. which will coincide with a Street Fair from 4 to 8 p.m.
At the street fair there will be everything from bouncy games, face painting, balloon animals, musical entertainment and lots of food.
Events in Melfort will wrap up with the Rotary Club barbecue at 5 p.m.
St. Brieux will also be celebrating Canada Day at their local recreation center with a three-on-three street hockey tournament followed by a cabaret with band Forty Ounce Philosophy.
Tickets for the cabaret are $35 at the door.
The Village of Love will host its gospel jamboree over the entire long weekend with a number of events planned.
Audrey Neubehr, Darryl Amundrud, Three and Company and Bruce Rawling will all be performing.
Tisdale will host a number of celebrations at the Tisdale and District Museum starting with a pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m.
Entertainment in Tisdale will begin at noon with Tiger Moth Airplane and Chester “Master of Magic”. There will also be a vintage and classic car show along with carnival games, mini golf, village tours and more.
Nipawin will celebrate Canada’s birthday at the Living Forestry Museum.
Food booths for the event open at 9:30 a.m. with a flag raising ceremony at 10 a.m.
The day will feature lots of activities including a silent auction, steam operated lumber sawing demonstrations, musical entertainment, bouncy castles, a church service and free Canada Day birthday cake.
Nipawin will also host some horse drawn wagon rides and once again volunteers will be firing up two clay ovens to bake bread for the public.
La Ronge locals will celebrate with their annual Children’s Festival at the Patterson Park downtown. In case of rain, the event will be held at the Mel Hegland Uniplex. There is no cost to attend the event.
The Kikinahk Friendship Center will host a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10:30 a.m.
At 11 a.m. there will be a parade marshaled by the La Ronge Regional Fire Rescue Services followed by the singing of O Canada.
Tons of activities are planned throughout the day including the FunTAZ Science Stage Show at 11:40 a.m. At 12:25 p.m. Sheldon Casavant will perform magic and illusion tricks.
The afternoon in La Ronge will feature more stage shows including local jigger and fiddler Modeste McKenzie and Tristen Durocher.
Other activities include bouncy castles, food booths, and a street hockey tournament.
The evening will end with fireworks at dusk at Patterson Park.
And finally in Porcupine Plain they will be hosting their annual Quilly Days on Friday and Saturday.
On Friday there will be a parade at 10 a.m. starting at the old elementary school grounds.
In the afternoon there will be WeePee/PeeWee/Junior/Senior Gymkhana, bingo and EPCCA chariots.
On Saturday features more gymkhana, EPCCA chariots and Chuckwagons.
Saturday will also feature a slow pitch tournament that will run all day.
Both days will feature children’s activities like bouncy castles and games and there will be lots of food vendors as well.
The weekend will end with fireworks on Saturday night at dusk.
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