Canada Day celebrations are making a return after two years of scaled-down festivities because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but some Canadians hoping to catch a traditional parade may be out of luck.
Here’s a list of what’s open, closed or operating on a reduced schedule in Winnipeg this Canada Day long weekend.
WINNIPEG — Canada Day celebrations will be back to their regular format at Assiniboine Park on Friday after two years of scaled-down festivities.
Folks at Assiniboia Downs love to use the word, “spectacular,” when discussing their 2022 Canada Day celebration.
In what’s traditionally known as Winnipeg’s largest Canada Day celebration, The Forks says this year will be different.
WINNIPEG — Statues of two queens on the grounds of the Manitoba legislature were toppled during a Canada Day rally over the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools.
Canada Day will be celebrated differently this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While large-scale public gatherings have been scrapped, many have opted for lower-key patriotic celebrations, such as backyard barbeques or marking July 1st virtually.
CHURCHILL, Man. — A town in northern Manitoba is cancelling Canada Day events in light of the discovery of unmarked graves at residential school sites in other provinces.
OTTAWA — Instead of fireworks and frothy drinks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says this Canada Day should be a time of reflection, couching his view in the discovery this week of another unmarked grave site containing Indigenous children’s remains.
OTTAWA — Large celebrations were replaced in many parts of the nation with backyard gatherings and digital events as Canadians marked a Canada Day unlike any other in the country’s 153-year history.
Canadian Blood Services is asking Winnipeggers to roll up their sleeves this summer and consider donating blood.
OTTAWA — COVID-19 means the true north is not entirely free this Canada Day, but a new survey suggests that’s not going to change how many people mark the holiday.
