Saskatonians gather for Canada Day festivities by the riverbank – Saskatoon | 24CA News
Thousands descended upon Saskatoon’s River Landing to ring in Canada Day’s 156th 12 months. Saskatonians gathered to absorb the sights and sounds of assorted actions.
The Saskatoon Canada Day director stated there’s a lot leisure packed into at the present time.
“We have cultural groups performing from noon right through till 9:30 p.m.,” stated Shad Ali. “We’ll have complimentary bannock, we’ll have our citizenship ceremony, and after which, we’ll have Canada cake. So, I mean, there’s plenty to do.”
Activities on the opposite facet of the river in Rotary Park, there are bouncy castles, rides, face-painting, pop-up performers and a lot extra.
Ali stated the turnout is nice this 12 months the place they’re anticipating someplace between 42,000-47,000 folks attend the festivities in Saskatoon.
“As a result, we’ve grown the site and that’s why we expanded over to include Rotary Park this year,” he stated. “We’ve added some more food vendors and merchandise vendors, so people shouldn’t have to line up quite as long in order to get their food and beverages and those kinds of things.”
For eight years, Paul Trujillo and his two sons, Martin and Camilo celebrated Canada Day.
“Every single year, we enjoy the types of food that we have here and entertainment,” stated Paul. “We are really happy to be here, and we feel blessed … it’s really an amazing experience here in Canada especially here in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.”
Local resident Pat McKey says Canada Day is one among his favorite days of the 12 months.
“It’s always hot. It’s the kickoff to summer,” he stated. “Everyone is in a good mood. There’s music, there’s food trucks (and) everyone is wearing red. It’s just a fun day.”
From Indigenous to the Ukrainian group, varied cultural actions ran all through the day. The day ends with fireworks at 10:30 which might be fired from the Broadway Bridge.
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