Many of the long-standing murals in the community have seen better days and slowly, thanks to the efforts of some local organizations, they are being restored and given a second life. The Pas Rotary Club recently unveiled the rejuvenation of a mural painted many years ago by artist Michael O’Toole.
The unveiling was on October 22 and started off with a land acknowledgement to recognize that The Pas wasn’t the first community to settle in this spot. This project started out with the vision of a local Rotarian.
“Jim Scott was our chairperson for The Pas Rotary and he was chair for The Pas Revitalization Committee many years ago, which initially got the mural going,” said The Pas Rotarian Robin Reader. “It was to promote tourism. We have tourists that stop through here when they travel by railway to go to Churchill and see the polar bears, so this mural provided them with something beautiful to look at and take pictures of.