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Kids gathered in Kiwanis Park for a Children’s Freedom Rally on Saturday.

Kids gathered in Kiwanis Park for a Children’s Freedom Rally on Saturday. The event held near the Vimy Memorial featured a magician, hula hoops, bubbles and jump rope. “This day is all about celebrating freedom, but mostly about our children having fun,” the poster for the event reads. Most people at the event weren’t wearing masks. Mayor Charlie Clark condemned the gathering. He said it has potential to be a “super-spreader event” and is “the last thing we need in our community.” “One of the most insidious things about this rally is the move to use the guise of a happ...

Regina / 980 CJME Apr 24, 2021 6:36 PM More than 120 people gathered at Saskatoon’s Kiwanis Park for what organizers called a “children’s freedom rally fun day” Saturday. Unlike many other protests, rallies and demonstrations taking place at the Vimy Memorial inside the park during the pandemic, the maskless group centered its event around children. Balloon animals, a fishing pond and face painting were all advertised. For Marcus Grundahl, the lone person protesting the event Saturday, public protests are one thing — but using children to flout public health goes too far. “The lin...

Article content Sitting in Saskatchewan Health Authority physician town halls and then hearing about anti-restriction rallies “feels like two completely different realities” for Saskatoon child psychiatrist Dr. Tamara Hinz. Despite government and health officials’ calls to stay home, an event billed as a “children’s freedom rally fun day” took place at Kiwanis Park on Saturday, drawing a crowd of more than 100 people — many of them children. They were grouped in close proximity around tables, making crafts and getting their faces painted. We apologize, but this video has failed ...

  OTTAWA -- Plans for a new police station in Barrhaven could be put on pause because of rising construction costs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ottawa Police Service planned to develop a new south campus on a 15-acre city-owned site on Lodge Road, adjacent to the Carleton Lodge and just south of the Vimy Memorial Bridge.  The service has $118 million in funding set aside for the project. The South Campus would include facilities for frontline operations, the canine, tactical, marine and trail unit, and a collision reporting centre. However, a report for Monday’s Ottawa Police S...