Nearly 3,000 runners from across the province are preparing for the Saskatchewan Marathon on Sunday.

"It's a lot of energy and a lot of support required to put an event like this on," said race director Kim Ali.

She said it takes 400 volunteers to make sure things run smoothly.

The start and finish line is at a new location this year, but Ali said it will not take away from the energy.

"It's absolutely amazing ... the excitement at the start line as everybody is heading out, it actually brings a tear to your eye.”

Thirteenth Avenue in Regina was packed full of hungry families and eager shoppers as the Cathedral Village Arts Festival wrapped up Saturday.

Buskers and street performers were out entertaining the throngs of festival-goers who enjoyed food-truck meals like mini-donuts, snow cones and hot dogs. Meanwhile, artists and clothiers sold their wares to Regina regulars and out-of-towners alike.

This was the 22nd year for the festival, and although spring showers traditionally put a damper in the festival fun, all were blessed with a warm, sunny day.

Saskatchewan communities are being challenged to display their Roughrider and Grey Cup pride, as well as their passion for health and wellness.

The 101st Grey Cup Festival announced a new contest offering thousands of dollars in prize money for health and wellness-related initiatives.

"This contest is a great initiative to engage communities from every corner of Saskatchewan to demonstrate their passion for the Riders and their community," said Roughriders president and CEO Jim Hopson

The Cathedral Village Arts Festival (CVAF) is kicking off its 22nd year Monday.

"My daughter is 22 years old, she doesn't know this neighbourhood without the festival," reflected Bernadette Wagner, co-chair of the 2013 festival. "It's part of who we are."

The festival runs from May 20 to May 25, with a theme of roots and wings.  As it usually does, the CVAF starts with a parade, beginning at Connaught School, travelling down Elphinstone and ending at Les Sherman Park.

A Saskatoon singer has become an internet sensation after forgetting the words to the U.S. national anthem on Saturday night.

At the Memorial Cup game between the Portland Winterhawks and the Halifax Mooseheads, Alexis Normand first stumbled on the line, "twilight's last gleaming" replacing it with "twilight's first gleaming."

Normand stumbled her way through the rest of the song, with help from the crowd.

"An incredible thing happened and the crowd in the arena started singing with me and that really encouraged me," she said.

Regina's largest street festival kicked off on Monday, and one of the first workshops of the week discovered a unique approach to sound.

It's not your classic guitar and drums, but the goal is to turn all different types of noise into music to your ears.

"It's a creative music workshop, which is a chance for musicians and non-musicians alike to discover new and creative ways to make music," said Jeff Allport, who hosted the Monday afternoon workshop.

Over a thousand 15-year-olds invaded Regina for the Victoria Day weekend, but it wasn't for a Justin Bieber concert.

A major volleyball championship brought teens, parents and coaches from over five provinces to the Queen City.

Even though the players are only 15, they take their volleyball seriously.

"If you look around there's a lot of intensity," said Aaron Demien, with Volleyball Saskatchewan.

And even though scouts tend to go to tournaments with older players, there are people taking notice.

The Cathedral Village Arts Festival (CVAF) is kicking off its 22nd year Monday.

"My daughter is 22 years old, she doesn't know this neighbourhood without the festival," reflected Bernadette Wagner, co-chair of the 2013 festival.

"It's part of who we are."

The 22nd festival runs from May 20 to May 25, with the theme "roots and wings."  As it usually does, the CVAF begins with a parade, beginning at Connaught School, travelling down Elphinstone, ending at Les Sherman Park.

The athletic competition at the provincial Highland Gathering is like an Ironman, except in kilts.

Whether participating as a hobbyist or treating the Western Canadian Heavy Events as a stepping stone to nationals, the province's most athletic Scotsmen gathered in Regina on Sunday.

Events like the caber toss, hammer throw, and 28-lb stone throwing often elicit and hearty grunt as athletes show their grit.

Competitor Marc Morin considers the events to be much like track and field.

The Circle Centre Mall was the scene of all-out robot warfare.

The shopping centre played host over the weekend to the Saskatoon Combat Robotics Clubs' Kilobots -- remote controlled robo-gladiators unleashed on each other inside a plexiglass cage.

The rules for the bouts were simple: 3 minutes per fight.  2 robots in the cage - and it's wasn't uncommon for the loser to go home in a bucket.