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Brad Sylvester and Rob Belyk want the next Mark McMorris to get their start on Optimist Hill. That's part of t...

Saskatoon is looking for someone new to organize its Canada Day celebrations. The Optimist Club of Saskatoon a...

The Optimist Club of Saskatoon has announced it's made the "difficult decision” to retire from organizing Canada Day celebrations in the city.

Article content A global pandemic and a national disgrace have combined to make Canada Day 2021 a different proposition for many people in Saskatoon. Any thoughts of holding the usual party of years past in Diefenbaker Park were scrapped back in April. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Unmarked graves, pandemic alter Canada Day plans Back to video “The third (COVID-19) wave was going full bore,” said Rob Belyk, who chairs the Optimist Club organizing committee for the event. With two months needed to prepare, and no way to gauge what public he...

  SASKATOON -- Canada Day is around the corner and for many it will be a time to celebrate what the country is about, some though, say it shouldn’t be celebrated at all. Allison Forsberg who is First Nations is organizing her event ‘Bring Them Home’ taking place July 1st at 11 a.m in Kiwanis Memorial Park in Saskatoon.  “I’m having some speakers come. Share some knowledge. We’re having some poetry, we’re also having some speakers come from Cowessess First Nation come and speak on their experience,” Forsberg said. "Canada Day is representing genocide within a country tha...