COVID-19 has had a major impact on events scheduled for the summer all around the southwest.

In Shaunavon, the Marry on the Prairie event scheduled for June 13 has been cancelled.

Dianne Greenlay is the head of the Marry on the Prairie committee, and she talked about what the event is all about. "They are essentially a one day wedding that you pre-register for, and for a set, very low, fee you get your marriage, marriage certificate, pictures, and we thought this was a unique thing and if we advertised it and set it up we could bring a lot of people to town if only for that one day."

Greenlay said the group decided that having people come from other locations, even if just for a weekend, was too big a threat.

She said that they initially had a great response to the idea and hopefully it can go ahead in 2021.