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Article content Bernie Lynch, a veteran hockey coach with extensive connections to Saskatchewan, is under police investigation regarding “allegations of historical criminal activity.” A Hockey Canada spokesperson disclosed the “criminal investigation” in response to a Regina Leader-Post/Saskatoon StarPhoenix inquiry regarding Lynch’s status with the sport’s governing body. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Former Regina Pats, Humboldt ...

Article content There is insight to be gleaned from an inbox. Oh, sure, there are days when a cursory scroll through the emails can prompt one to lose some faith in humanity, or even sanity. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Rob Vanstone: Human nature shines during troubled COVID times Back to video Pessimism can easily prevail during the COVID-19 pandemic period — especially when you examine the recent numbers and lament: This is where we are ...

Article content Now it can be told: The best strategy, when covering a sporting event that was being expertly photographed by Robert Watson, was to show up late. An annoying reporter would merely get in the way. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Rob Vanstone: Our friend Bob Watson made friends everywhere he went Back to video Bob, you see, was the perfect ice-breaker. In the line of duty, he would inevitably introduce and endear himself to everyb...

Article content The Canadian Football League is caught between a Rock and a hard place. Hence the barely explained relationship with the XFL, which is on an unaccustomed roll — having not folded for nearly a year now. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Rob Vanstone: CFLs relationship with The Rock is hardly carved in stone Back to video Now the XFL is back for a third incarnation, sort of, having been purchased last August by Dwayne Johnson (a.k...

Article content The Canadian Football League is caught between a Rock and a hard place. Hence the barely explained relationship with the XFL, which is on an unaccustomed roll — having not folded for nearly a year now. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Rob Vanstone: CFLs relationship with The Rock is hardly carved in stone Back to video Now the XFL is back for a third incarnation, sort of, having been purchased last August by Dwayne Johnson (a.k...

Article content Sally Elliott seldom, if ever, mentioned an issue that was crucial to her well-being and survival. Instead, she was vitally concerned about the lives of others. And that will be her rich, enduring legacy. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Rob Vanstone: Sally Elliott leaves a legacy of compassion and caring Back to video Cancer took her from us on Sunday. The sad news quickly circulated on social media, as did many tributes to as g...

Phil Andrews lives in Saskatoon. Andrews and his family — wife Megan, daughter Mylee (8), and sons Declan (5), Bensen (3) and Sutton (63 days) — moved back to their hometown last year, in the early weeks of a career change. So ended, or at least it was thought, a mutually beneficial connection between Andrews, the city of Regina, and the Pats. He had been calling Pats games on Regina radio station CKRM since 2011. Five years later, he joined the Western Hockey League team as its director of...

Article content Time Marches on — yet, in one respect, it is frozen. That would be evident to any of the people who periodically pop into the Farm Credit Canada corporate office in downtown Regina. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Rob Vanstone: Offices have become time capsules during the year of COVID Back to video “There’s a white-board calendar that still says ‘March’ and the dates are from 2020,” observes Jill McAlister, FCC’s ...

Article content Mikhail Moore is fuelled by the knowledge that more can be done, despite the remarkable progress that he has every reason to celebrate. Vitacore Industries Inc., of which the one-time resident of Swift Current is the president, has manufactured more than 15 million masks since last spring. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Rob Vanstone: Swift work by Vitacore produces millions of masks Back to video The number is eye-popping — e...

University of Regina scholarship honours Warren Woods Reflecting the positive and kindness of Woods January 20, 2021, marked the untimely passing of Warren Woods, a well-known figure within the world of broadcasting, sports, and the general public. At the age of 66, Woods left behind a kindness and passion for his work that was seen in all corners of the province. It is because of Woods’ impact and kindness that the University of Regina, through the School of Journalism, is putting together a...