A product of Campbell Collegiate and the University of Regina’s School of Journalism, Vanstone joined the Regina Leader-Post as a sports writer in 1987, became assistant editor in 1995, columnist in 1996 and sports editor in 2001, until joining the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2023 as their senior writer and historian.
Covered nine Grey Cups, two Olympics, three Memorial Cups, the 2002 Little League World Series in Wilhamsport, Pa., and numerous Canadian men’s and women’s curling championships. Wrote four sports books and received the Regina High Schools Athletic Association Merit Award, Murray Sawa Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to amateur football and the WHL Bob Ridley Award for Media Excellence, plus he collected and sold memorabilia as a fundraiser for Raise-A-Reader.
Although he wrote about high-profile teams like the Roughriders and Regina Pats, often displaying his penchant for historical facts, Vanstone equally enjoyed covering the Regina Intercollegiate Football League, LIT high school basketball tournament and other local, amateur sports.
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