SASKATOON – Several hundred people laced up their skates for a Wintershines skating party on a beautiful Sunday at the Cameco Meewasin skating rink. Festivities ran from noon to 4 p.m.with complimentary food and live music.
Kids also got the chance to skate with mascots of their favourite characters from the Disney film Frozen.
The party helped usher in the opening weekend of the 2015 PotashCorp Wintershines festival. Last year, the event dealt with cancellations due to frigid temperatures but this year, skaters say the weather was perfect with a high of four degrees Celsius on Sunday.
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“People love it, if we’re open a hundred days, we’ll have 30,000 skaters over the year,” said Doug Porteous, Meewasin community development manager.
Wintershines kicked off Saturday with an ice climbing wall, ice castle and snow slide.
Saskatoon’s premiere winter festival runs until Feb. 1 and has activities centered around the farmers’ market, as well as many locations around the city.
Watch below: Shad Ali, the festival director of WinterShines, has a look at what people can expect at the annual winter staple that starts on Jan. 24 and runs until Feb. 1.
With files from Amber Rockliffe
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