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By Vanese M. Ferguson Apr 23, 2021 6:12 AM Making its way around Social Media is an invitation to a children’s freedom rally fun day in the park. The invitation indicates that the day is all about celebrating freedom but also children having fun and most people will not be wearing masks. It invites parents, grandparents and all family members. The event is at Vimy Memorial in downtown Saskatoon. A request for an interview to discuss how Saskatoon Police were going to deal with the rally was declined, with the explanation that the Saskatoon Police Service does not reveal its operatio...

Article content Saskatoon’s mayor is asking people to avoid a “children’s freedom rally fun day” this weekend in Kiwanis Memorial Park. A flyer circulating on social media says the event is intended to celebrate freedom, but is mostly about “children having fun.” The flyer, which does not indicate who is planning the event, promises a fish pond, balloon animals and science experiments. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Saskatoon, Maple Creek mayors caution against 'freedom' gatherings Back to video “(Saturday’s event) is organiz...

Article content Enforcement of restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 ramped up through the first three months of 2021 in Saskatchewan. Ministry of Justice spokeswoman Margherita Vittorelli said in an email that 106 charges have been laid for violating public health orders dating back to mid-March of 2020. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Sask. tickets for COVID-19 infractions top 100, just five fines paid Back to video Eleven of these ended with convictions and five fines have been paid, worth $12,000 altogether. Twelve charges...

Earl Sorel and Gordon Rochford, a couple of boys from Selkirk, Man., signed up for the Army on the same day.

Erin O'Toole: Canadians conquered Vimy Ridge. We can win the battle against COVID, too Special to National Post © Provided by National Post Canadian soldiers are photographed in a captured German machine-gun emplacement during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 1917. Earl Sorel and Gordon Rochford, a couple of boys from Selkirk, Man., signed up for the Army on the same day. When Sorel was wounded, on the Monday of the Battle for Vimy Ridge, Rochford pulled him into a hole created by an artillery shell. “Stay there, old boy, and someone will help you,” were the last word...