Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Pats' Connor Bedard preparing for rookie WHL season
Connor Bedard's journey to exceptional player status didn't start off so exceptionally. "I started playing when I was about four or five and the first ice time, I didn't like it," the 14-year-old Regi...
Jun 12, 2020 Regina Pats centre Connor Bedard. (Regina Pats/Submitted)
Pats make it official, sign exceptional status player Connor Bedard
It's a dream come true for Connor Bedard. The 14-year-old put pen to paper Tuesday, officially signing a WHL player contract with the Regina Pats. "It's pretty surreal," Bedard told media during a vid...
Apr 21, 2020 Regina Pats centre Connor Bedard. (Regina Pats/Submitted)
Ex-Swift Current Broncos star Colby Cave in medically induced coma
Former Swift Current Broncos captain Colby Cave has been placed in a medically induced coma after suffering a brain bleed. Cave, a 25-year-old from Battleford, split last season between the NHL's Edmo...
Apr 07, 2020
Pats' Paddock is looking out for No. 1
For four months, Regina Pats general manager John Paddock has been keeping in touch with Connor Bedard and his family -- just in case. That communication is going to pay off now that the Pats have the...
Mar 27, 2020 (WHL/Twitter-Garrett James/CSSHL Media)
Jamie Nye: A little luck, a little foresight and the Pats win big
The Regina Pats, without playing a game, could stake a claim to possibly the biggest win of the year. On Wednesday, the WHL's draft lottery awarded the Swift Current Broncos with the first overall pic...
Mar 26, 2020
Pats win Connor Bedard sweepstakes, land first selection in WHL bantam draft
The Regina Pats secured the No. 1 pick in the WHL's bantam draft lottery Wednesday morning. In the void of live sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans eagerly watched one of the most anticipated dr...
Mar 25, 2020
Pats secure first pick overall in WHL bantam draft
The Regina Pats will have the first pick overall in the WHL's upcoming bantam draft. The Prince George Cougars won Wednesday's bantam draft lottery after going into it as the fourth team in the draft ...
Mar 25, 2020
CHL cancels playoffs, Memorial Cup over COVID-19
For the first time in 102 years there will be no Memorial Cup champion, as the Canadian Hockey League decided in partnership with Canada's three major-junior hockey leagues to cancel their respective ...
Mar 24, 2020 Game 4 of the Memorial Cup Presented by Kia between the Guelph Storm and the Prince Albert Raiders on Tuesday, May 21th, 2019 in Halifax, Nova scotia, Canada. (Photo by Vincent Ethier/LHJMQ/CHL)
WHL careers of Regina Pats' 20-year-olds come to an end in shortened season
The season came to an abrupt end for the Regina Pats and so did the WHL careers of three of their players. Forwards Austin Pratt and Robbie Holmes and defenceman Zach Wytinck were the team's 20-year-o...
Mar 21, 2020 Regina Pats captain Austin Pratt scored his ninth goal of the season in a 4-2 WHL loss to the Calgary Hitmen on Nov. 20, 2019. (File photo courtesy of Keith Hershmiller Photography)
WHL officially cancels 2019-20 regular season
Six days after putting its season on hold, the WHL officially announced Wednesday that the 2019-20 regular season was over. The league's board of governors, after consulting with doctors, cancelled th...
Mar 18, 2020
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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