June is a busy month for the City of Meadow Lake, with Pride events beginning this week. (File photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

By meadowlakeNOW Staff

Council items

Meadow Lake kick starts Pride, commits to MLTC walk

May 30, 2022 | 11:24 AM

Pride Month kicks off this week with celebration starting on Centre Street in Meadow Lake.

City council approved Meadow Lake Pride’s request to paint a rainbow crosswalk as part of the Pride 2022 celebrations in June. North and south bound on Centre Street at Third Avenue is the spot where painting begins at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The street was chosen for its visibility.

“The painting will be overseen by city staff,” Mayor Merlin Seymour said.

Then on Wednesday, the ceremonial flag raising will take place at city hall around noon. Multiple events are scheduled for each week of June.

(Submitted image/Meadow Lake Pride)

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The city also agreed to participate in Family Violence Walk/Run Campaign hosted by the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC). This year’s theme is “Make it Our Business – Time for Change”, which will be held August 28–30 and involves each of the MTLC communities, the Federation of Soverign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), the RCMP and several programs.

The event will honour Charlene Graham, who was killed in the homicide-suicide incident in Lion’s Park on Aug. 30 last summer. In a letter to council, MLTC noted that the highest rates of domestic violence in Canada are in Saskatchewan, specifically in First Nation communities.

Seymour said the city will absolutely be involved, though they will not confirm what members of council take part until the date is closer.

“There will be representation from the city,” he said. “We’re [a part of] the same community, so if something like that comes up, we will always support it if we are able to.”

The program kicks off with a 5K run on August 28, followed by the official commencement of the campaign the next day at the Civic Centre.

Future discussions

Council also directed staff on two motions brought forward by Coun. Mauri Young, dealing with harboring wildlife and developing a communications plan. Seymour said the larger discussion hasn’t taken place at this time, but that they’ve challenged administration to bring back more information for that to move forward.

“They will [check out] other jurisdictions to see what they have in place, what the responsibility of the city would be and if there are any financial implications that we have to consider,” Seymour said.

Because of the heavy amount of snowfall, deer around the south side of Meadow Lake were eating cedar from people’s homes to compensate for a lack of food. Seymour said some residents were calling out people for feeding the deer, but that there’s multiple things to think about.

“People were looking to make sure the deer could survive the winter, but on the same token, were they attracting them to cause problems in other areas?” Merlin said. “Once administration brings us back more information, we’ll have a decision.”

Parks & Rec

Meadow Lake proclaimed June as Recreation & Parks Month, highlighted the variety of green spaces and systems to provide reaction opportunities for residents and visitors. The city also noted all levels of local government and other sectors in the community participate in the planning, development and operation of recreation and parks programs, services and facilities.

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