Cultures from all over the world were highlighted at the Gateway Mall on Saturday. Here, Eritrean crafts and clothes are available for sale during Culture Days at Gateway Mall on Sept. 20, 2025. (Logan Lehmann/paNOW Staff)

By Logan Lehmann

Culture Days

Gateway Mall provides staycation for Culture Days

Sep 21, 2025 | 5:15 AM

Cultures from around the world were on display at the Gateway Mall this weekend.

Families were invited to come out for a variety of different activities, from trying different cultural foods to a StoryWalk that takes you around the globe.

Sharon Faul is the mall’s general manager and said it’s important for them to connect with the community.

“We’re really happy that we can partner with different groups and organizations, and provide something free for the community to come and participate in. It’s a great way for everybody to come together and be part of one big community event.”

Many community groups pitched in to help tackle the different activities.

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For example, the Family Resource Centre hosted the StoryWalk, where families would pick up a map that would take them around the mall to visit various boards that were set up highlighting different countries. Once complete, the explorers would be awarded a free book.

The YWCA was set up in one of the vacant stores near the food court and were putting the spotlight on the African nation of Eritrea, where people had the chance to try some Eritrean treats and coffee, purchase Eritrean crafts, and learn about the country and culture.

The mall’s Tea Museum also got in on the fun, offering people the chance to try teas and buy art from around the world, ranging from Japan, Africa, Hawaii, India, France, Poland, Egypt, and even locally from La Ronge.

The Tea Museum provided some tastes from the different corners of the world. (Logan Lehmann/paNOW Staff)

Members of the Prince Albert Outreach program were in front of the main entrance to the mall, where they painted a massive medicine wheel.

Lance Ironchild is the cultural coordinator for the Youth at Prince Albert Outreach and said people were invited to paint their hands and put them on the wheel, a way to unite all cultures and people in the city. He added that the wheel is also the centre of a lot of their teachings.

“The four colours represent the four colours of man, the four directions and the four states of being. You can’t have one part of the wheel missing because then the wheel is no longer a wheel. Regardless of how insignificant you think the part is, it still plays a part.”

(Logan Lehmann/paNOW Staff)

Culture Days continues in Prince Albert over the next few weeks until Oct. 11. A full calendar of events can be found here.

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