Canada West

Canada West has announced it will delay the decision on whether second term conference competition proceeds in the New Year until no later than November 2. The initial deadline for a decision was scheduled for October 8. Following feedback from student-athletes, the conference’s Board of Directors voted earlier this week to delay a decision on […]

Fifth year university football players who thought they had lost the opportunity to play their final seasons because of the COVID-19 pandemic, got some good news on Monday morning. The controversial decision to not allow 24-year-old university football players to play their final season as 25-year-olds in 2021 has been overturned by U Sports. U […]

A controversial decision made by U Sports last week is getting a second look. After making an announcement that fifth year university football players who lost their final season to COVID-19, would not be able to play next year as a 25-year-old, many in the football community spoke out against the decision. Related: U Sports […]

The University of Alberta has suspended men’s and women’s hockey, basketball and volleyball for 2020-21 season for what the university says are “financial reasons.” Cuts to the Campus Alberta Grant, the Alberta government demanding that universities balance budgets and reduce expenditures, and the reduction in athletics and recreation fees waived for spring and summer semesters […]

Monday was a day interim Regina Rams Head Coach Mark McConkey was hoping would not happen, but he was not surprised when word came down from Canada West that the 2020 football season was being cancelled due to COVID-19. “It’s very disappointing.  You sort of knew in the back of your mind what might happen, […]

Canada West made it official Monday by announcing its fall sports schedule has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It means men’s football won’t be played this year with soccer, rugby and cross-country also being affected. The Atlantic University Sport and Ontario University Athletics conferences made the same declaration on Monday with USPORTS also […]

Canada West will  be making an announcement Monday morning with reports suggesting the conference will state fall sports are being cancelled this year because of COVID-19. .@CanadaWest will be issuing a statement pertaining to the 2020-21 season tomorrow at 11 a.m. MT. — Evan Daum (@evandaum) June 7, 2020 It would mean no women’s soccer […]

Canada West is revising its schedules for the 2020-21 season that begins in late August. The formats, approved by the board of directors of member schools, will see fewer games and less travel because of COVID-19 which has had an impact on finances. These formats will also allow for competition to occur in a condensed period […]

The best quarterback in the history of the University of Regina Rams is coming back to the team. On Wednesday, the Rams announced Noah Picton would be coming back to the organization to serve as the team’s quarterbacks coach. Picton was one of the most prolific quarterbacks in Canadian university football history over his time […]

Arguably the best women’s basketball player to have worn a University of Regina Cougar uniform and one of the top athletes in Cougar Athletics history is being recognized by the Canada West conference. Cymone Bouchard (now known as Bernauer) was a part of the team from 1999-2004.  In that time, Bouchard had   1,439 points in […]