‘Everybody should be in Love’: Saskatchewan village embraces name with new chapel
Global News
The Village of Love is fully embracing its name with a new wedding chapel. It will give couples the chance to share their love in Love.
A small Saskatchewan village is looking to put Love on the map by becoming a unique wedding destination.
“Everybody should be in Love at least once in their lives,” Marvin Torwalt, who is known as the resident Love historian, says with a big smile.
The Village of Love is fully embracing its name with a new wedding chapel. It will give couples the chance to share their love in Love.
The village, northeast of Saskatoon with a population of 72, had for years received letters and requests of lively lovers looking to tie the knot. The ideas for Love spread and streets were renamed to things like Lover’s Lane, Valentine Avenue and Hearts Delight Street.
People from all over travelled to the community after Cupid’s strike but there was nowhere official to exchange their vows.
So, Mayor Shelley Vallier says a few years ago they decided to take things a step further and fully promote the passion in their namesake.
“I want to turn the village into one that looks like a village of love,” Vallier says.
Through a lot of hard work, donations, fundraising and the generosity of current and former residents, that vision is becoming a reality.