Starting next week, the City of Saskatoon is sending “ambassadors” to parks to help encourage physical distancing amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
It follows the city’s message: even with phase one of the plan to reopen Saskatchewan’s economy set to start May 4, that doesn’t mean life is back to normal. “The goal is just to get those eyes on the parks and make sure that the things that are in place need to be in place,” said Pamela Goulden-McLeod, the city’s director of emergency management.
These ambassadors will check each of the over 200 parks in Saskatoon once a week, making sure signs and barriers are still in place, and replace them and other supplies as needed.