Posted: Jun 23, 2021 5:17 PM CT | Last Updated: June 23 Nikki van Duyvendyk, co-owner of Dutch Growers, at the company's store in Saskatoon. (Don Somers/CBC) With Saskatchewan officially entering summer, the province is only weeks away from dropping all of its public COVID-19 restrictions. That means as of July 11 there will be no limits on the size of gatherings, no mandatory masking and no requirements for social distancing. After nearly 16 months of a global pandemic, the news has been welcomed by many and scorned by just as many who say that Saskatchewan is moving too quickly. Stuck somewhere in the middle are business owners, who have been among the hardest hit by COVID-19 and are eager to see customers flood back.