News and Stories Parks and Open Spaces

The Town of Qu’Appelle, SK has been involved with the Communities in Bloom program for almost 10 years. They're one of the many participants that have been part of the program since SPRA began offering it in 1997. 

The Town of Strasbourg is hosting a Tree Appraisal course on Monday, September 23rd and a Tree Pruning Course on Tuesday, September 24th 2019.

In this Parks Week Spotlight, we're highlighting the Palliser Regional Park, one of the 98 regional parks across Saskatchewan. 

Today's Parks Week Spotlight is on a community park in downtown Strasbourg, Saskatchewan! 

Parks can come in all shapes and sizes! Pocket parks are small, outdoor spaces that offer the same great benefits as other parks. We’ve heard of vacant lots, rooftops and even parking spaces being transformed into pocket parks…..the possibilities are endless!

Today’s ‘Parks Week’ spotlight showcases Grad Park - one of Saskatchewan’s very own pocket parks.

We're excited to be offering five Parks and Open Spaces training courses this spring!

This year, Canadians from coast to coast to coast are celebrating our nation’s 150^th birthday.  July 1^st, 2017 marks 150 years since confederation in Canada and communities nation-wide are recognizing this awesome achievement.  While the celebrations being hosted across Canada vary as much as the communities hosting them, we’ve decided to celebrate July 1^st by showcasing the Canada 150 celebration in Wynyard, SK, a provincial Communities in Bloom participant.

The Learn to Camp Program introduces first time campers to the skills and knowledge that they require so that they can go out and camp in Saskatchewan’s beautiful provincial parks.