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Calvin Daniels

Calvin Daniels

Calvin Daniels grew up on a farm near Tisdale, getting his start as a journalist at his hometown newspaper after winning a sports trivia contest in the paper.
He moved to Yorkton for a position at the then Enterprise with a focus on agriculture, and has remained with the same newspaper through a couple of name changes for more than three decades, earning him a Silver Quill Award from News Media Canada in 2020 for more than 25 years in the newspaper sector.
Over the years, Daniels has received media awards from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, Saskatchewan Lacrosse Association and Saskatchewan Horse Federation. He has also earned 27 Premier Awards in the annual Better Newspapers Competition first place awards from the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association, along with a number of second and third place certificates.
Daniels has also authored eight books, three on hockey as a huge sports fan.
Currently he is the editor of Yorkton This Week.

Recent Work by Calvin

Sports This Week: Hockey book really a story of Canada

Sports This Week: Hockey book really a story of Canada

None in recent memory have been better than The Country and the Game: 30,000 Miles of Hockey Stories by Ronnie Shuker and published by Sutherland House.
Sports This Week: Sask. football star being recognized

Sports This Week: Sask. football star being recognized

Jon Ryan began his career in the Canadian Football League with Winnipeg, before spending two seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and finally in Edmonton before retiring.
Yorkton Terriers get financial boost

Yorkton Terriers get financial boost

The money was proceeds from the Yorkton Terriers Celebrity Sports Dinner held earlier this year.
Sports This Week: Trapp headed to Sask Hockey H of F

Sports This Week: Trapp headed to Sask Hockey H of F

The Ted Knight Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame opened its doors in 2012.
Sports This Week: Rush season a success - finals loss leaves bad memory

Sports This Week: Rush season a success - finals loss leaves bad memory

On the season the Rush’s resurgence earned the team four individual awards.
Sports This Week: Canadian takes on ultra, ultra, ultra marathons

Sports This Week: Canadian takes on ultra, ultra, ultra marathons

Shanda Hill competed in the South Africa Deca Ultra Triathlon, becoming the first and only woman to complete the race.
Sports This Week: Film chronicles ‘Dog River’ rugby trip

Sports This Week: Film chronicles ‘Dog River’ rugby trip

The Dog River Howlers are an invitational rugby club.
Sports This Week: Canadian heads historic team in Switzerland

Sports This Week: Canadian heads historic team in Switzerland

Holden actually had what looked to be a promising NHL career path ahead of him, after he was drafted in the first round, 12th overall, by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.
Sports This Week: Saskatchewan Rush headed to NLL final

Sports This Week: Saskatchewan Rush headed to NLL final

Saskatchewan will travel to Buffalo for Game one of the best-of-three Friday night at 7:30 p.m.
Sports This Week: Unique team tackles the Iditarod

Sports This Week: Unique team tackles the Iditarod

This year one musher and his team stood out as just a bit different, if not out right unique.
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