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Fall 2026 Programming Information

Fall Programming Schedule

Monday

Tiny Tot Soccer
6–7 PM | Ages 5–8
$30 | $20 | $15 / 10 sessions

Badminton
7–9 PM | Ages 16+
$30 | $20 | $15 / 10 sessions

Adult Art
6–8 PM | Ages 18+
$100 | $85 | $70 / 5 sessions
All supplies included!

Tuesday

 Little Yogis
6–6:30 PM | Ages 2–5
$60 | $50 | $40 / 10 sessions

Little Yogis
6:30–7 PM | Ages 6–10
$60 | $50 | $40 / 10 sessions

Little Yogis
7–8 PM | Ages 11–14
$70 | $50 | $40 / 10 sessions


Beginner Spanish
6–7 PM | Ages 16+
$70 | $50 | $40  / 10 sessions


Intermediate Spanish
7–8 PM | Ages 16+
$70 | $50 | $40  / 10 sessions

Wednesday

Pilates with Liz
6–7 PM | Ages 16+
$70 | $50 | $40  / 10 sessions

Yoga with Liz
7–8 PM | Ages 16+
$70 | $50 | $40  / 10 sessions

Children’s Art
6–7 PM | Ages 5–10
$40 | $30 | $20 / 8 sessions

Thursday

Youth Art
6–7:30 PM | Ages 11–17
Free  / 8 sessions

Pickleball
7:30–9:30 PM | Ages 16+
$30 | $20 | $15  / 10 sessions

Pickleball
7:30–9:30 PM | Ages 16+
$30 | $20 | $15  / 10 sessions

General Information

Online registrations ends September 27 (E-transfer only; fees to be sent to treasurer@qexca.ca as soon as registration form is completed)

In-person registration at Queen Elizabeth School:

  • September 21 & 23, 6-7pm
  • Cash, cheque or e-transfer accepted

PLEASE NOTE:

  • All dates and times are subject to change. Classes will run based on reaching minimum required registration numbers & finding programming instructors.  
  • All participants need to complete a registration form and send payment to QEXCA. No registrations will be accepted before August 23 or after September 23, 2026 without approval.  Programming starts the week of September 28, except Spanish Class, which starts on September 21. 
  • A non-refundable QEXCA membership is required for registration.  Memberships cost $10 per household.  2026-2027 memberships are valid until July 31, 2027.  New registrations will receive a 2026-2027 membership.  If you already have a membership from another community association, QEXCA will honour it!
  • REFUND POLICY: No refunds will be issued after the first week of classes (cut off date is September 17).  There will be a $10 processing fee for all refunds, with the exception of program cancellations due to low class sizes.

Join us for Theatre in the Park – June 26th

Sum Theatre is once again stopping by our neighborhood for this year’s Theatre in the Park, with the play The Colour of the Town.

On Friday, June 26th, the play will start at 7:00 pm in W.W Ashley Park. Before the play, starting at 5:30pm the QEXCA will be hosting some family fun actives for the community. If you would like more information about these actives, or about an overview of this play, it can be found on our Theatre in the Park page.

What is happening to St. Francis School?

Update: February 23rd

A representative from Westcliff Developments, the development company behind the currently ongoing transformation of the previous St. Francis school site into housing, will be attending our upcoming community association meeting on March 2nd, at 7:00pm at Queen Elizabeth School. If you are interested in learning more about this soon to be new part of our community, please join us at our next community association meeting.

As you may already know, awâsisak kâ-nîmîhtocik St. Francis School has moved from its location in the Exhibition neighbourhood into a new building on Seventh Street to help address their growing student population. At the start of the 2025-2026 school year, the students and staff transitioned to the new building, with the official opening event being held on October 3, 2025. If you would like to know more about the new awâsisak kâ-nîmîhtocik St. Francis School, you can read this CBC article. At the time of writing, the former school building is being demolished, as the building layout and condition made it too difficult to reuse for other purposes.

Recently, WestCliff Developments, the developers of the land at 2141 McPherson Avenue that awâsisak kâ-nîmîhtocik St. Francis School once occupied, has reached out to QEXCA to provide more information about what is happening with the land. Currently, the developers are aiming to start construction on the land in spring 2026, pending approval of city permits.

The plot of land will be host to a 4-story apartment building with approximately 113 units of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom layouts. This apartment building will include a resident lounge, fitness center, dog wash station along with smart building access and parcel system. On the outside of the building, the landscaping will be updated to allow for green space areas to be enjoyed by the residents of the building. Besides the apartment building, there will be 17, 3-bedroom town homes on the plot of land.

In the future, any more information that QEXCA receives will be added to this page.

New Snowblower Fundraiser

QEXCA is the proud owner of a new snowblower to help with clearing the rinks of snow! As our last snowblower was too damaged from the long years of usage for us to keep repairing it. To help cover the cost of our replacement we are asking for donations, alongside hosting fundraisers including our past Saskatoon Blades Ticket Fundraiser.

You can also donate through Sarcan! When taking in your recyclables, use our organization’s phrase of QEXCA when making a drop of at a Drop & Go station.

If you would like to donate to our snowblower replacement fund, contact us at
president@qexca.ca.

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Donors List

  • $500 – Sparky’s Landworks and Hauling Co.
  • $50 – Pamela Giles

Freshly Groomed Ski Trail!

Weaver Park sign with a freshly groomed ski trail

Our cross country ski trail has been groomed at Weaver Park and is ready to use! If you do use this trail, make sure to be considerate to the trail and park, any other skiers and the residents around the park.

We hope that you enjoy the trail!

Thank you to our Rink Volunteers

Thank you to our rink volunteers for helping upgrade our rink at Achs park. These volunteers installed puck board around the rink, this installation was expected to take two days but thanks to the efforts of the volunteers it only took one! If you see any of the Rink Crew at one of our two community rinks this winter, please give them a thanks for helping make sure our rinks are kept in good condition for our community to use.

QEXCA Thanks Dwight Doering

Everyone at the QEXCA thanks you, Dwight, for your commitment to helping every resident of the Queen Elizabeth, Exhibition and Haultain neighbourhoods. Joining the QEXCA in 2022, Dwight Doering became the hidden hero of the association, taking on the role of Treasurer. Through the volunteering of his time, Dwight made sure the bills were settled for all of the association’s offerings, whether that be for the printing and distributing of our newsletters or making sure the lights at our rinks were available for the community to see while they were on the ice. Without his help and dedication of his time, QEXCA would not have been operating at the same capacity we have been since 2022.

Once again, QEXCA thanks you Dwight for all of the effort you contributed to make our community a better place.

If you would like to leave a comment thanking Dwight for helping our community, or to leave a comment for his family, please visit Prairie View Memorial Services website.

Lauren Wakelam – QEXCA’s Volunteer of the Month for December 2024

Congratulations to Lauren Wakelam for being QEXCA’s Volunteer of the Month for December 2025!

Congratulations to Lauren Wakelam for being the Volunteer of the Month for December 2024! Lauren bought her first house in the Exhibition area earlier this year. Prior to that, she lived in the Queen Elizabeth area for 4 years. She is currently serving as the President of the QEXCA. Lauren sells building materials for a living, and in her spare time she enjoys gardening, and cooking. She is excited to spend her first holiday season in her new house, with her son and their dog.

Thank you for volunteering, Lauren!

Learn about Volunteers from previous years.

If there is someone volunteering for the Association whom you feel deserves recognition, send your nomination by email to volunteers@qexca.ca.

Help with QEXCA’s first Holiday Food Drive

This holiday season we, your community association for the Queen Elizabeth, Exhibition and West Haultain neighborhoods, are conducting a food drive from December 12–20 to help restock the food lockers in our community. To help make this food drive a success, we are asking for community members to donate non-perishable food items. We already have plans in place to pick up and distribute these donations, so all you have to do is decide what you would like to donate.

If you would like to donate to this food drive, please fill out this form so we can make arrangements to pick up your donation. If you would like more information about this food drive, or would like to donate, but there are no pick up times that work with your schedule, feel free to email us at info@qexca.ca.

Cat Woloschuk – QEXCA’s Volunteer of the Month for November 2024

Congratulations to Cat Woloschuk for being QEXCA’s Volunteer of the Month for November 2024!

Cat has lived in the Haultain neighbourhood for the last 12 years and has enjoyed receiving the QEXCA newsletter in the mailbox each Fall. A recent graduate from the U of S, Cat joined QEXCA this summer as the newsletter coordinator and was recently elected to the Board of Directors at the AGM. Cat is passionate about lifelong learning, safeguarding tangible & intangible heritage for current & future generations, building community connections, and thoroughly enjoys walking around the QEXCA neighbourhoods – feel free to say hi if you see Cat out and about!

Thank you for volunteering, Cat!

Learn about Volunteers from previous years.

If there is someone volunteering for the Association whom you feel deserves recognition, send your nomination by email to volunteers@qexca.ca.