Kevin Mitchell

Long-form features editor, Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post. Former sports editor. Giving it precisely 108 per cent.

[Ian Hamilton @IanHamilton45]

Another brilliant write from @kmitchsp. Well done, Kevin.

[Winnipeg Blue Bombers @Wpg_BlueBombers]

Keep battling, @Ted_Wyman 💙

[Kevin Mitchell @kmitchsp]

@Devin_Heroux Weird side-note - Catherwood’s gold medal was long thought to be lost or thrown-away.

https://t.co/VNXJM1OvjO via @nationalpost

[SaskSports H of F @SaskSportsHF]

It took 96 years, but Saskatoon's Ethel Catherwood has company. Camryn Rogers becomes the second Canadian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics. Rogers won the hammer throw today after Catherwood won high jump gold in 1928 in Amsterdam.

[Kevin Mitchell @kmitchsp]

Hers is the only individual track and field gold won by a Canadian woman. The jumper they called ‘The Saskatoon Lily’ later wanted nothing to do with it. Story includes a few mentions of @SaskSportsHF

[Kevin Mitchell @kmitchsp]

I’ve always wondered what happened to Ethel Catherwood’s 1928 Olympic gold medal. So have others. (And she renounced the whole Olympic experience). Well, I’ve learned it’s in a B.C. safe-deposit box, but there’s a big issue with it, so here’s the story.

https://t.co/VNXJM1OvjO

[Kevin Mitchell @kmitchsp]

https://t.co/dbUQ0o9ogh
I wrote about this good dog, and how we said goodbye, and a few other things.

[Rob Vanstone @robvanstone]

With @kmitchsp! Kevin Mitchell and I have combined for THREE National Newspaper Awards!
(Kevin has won all three of them.)

[Murray Mandryk @MMandryk]

Rob is an absolute legend and a guy I'm proud to call a friend.
You will be so missed. Rob Vanstone: Here's the column I never thought I would write https://t.co/5QNvSntbqX via @leaderpost

[Glen E. McGregor @glen_mcgregor]

As I once suggested to @CarAdrianH, those who subscribe to conspiracies about the “legacy” media should spend a month working in a real newsroom to disabuse themselves of their theories about how news get made. The Star Phoenix would have been a good placement for them.

[Kevin Mitchell @kmitchsp]

@CSheppard6 @joanne_paulson Thank you, Lesley - I hope so, too!

[Kevin Mitchell @kmitchsp]

@dana_neilson @TheStarPhoenix Thanks, Dana - I, too, remember that get-together fondly.

[Kevin Mitchell @kmitchsp]

@alanna_smithh Thank you, Alanna.

[Author JC Paulson 🇺🇦 🕊🐧 @joanne_paulson]

Requiem for a newsroom. 😔
From the pen of Kevin Mitchell @kmitchsp, one of the best writers and journalists ever.
#TheStarPhoenix #Saskatoon #YXE
Shit, there goes my heart . . . 💔 God, I loved this place.
https://t.co/LRY4LuDwlL

[Kevin Mitchell @kmitchsp]

@lpunkari Nice find, Lucas - such a neat little thing to be able to revisit those tales of yore . . .

[Kevin Mitchell @kmitchsp]

@lpunkari Thanks, Lucas.

[Amanda Short @acs_short]

As a "base brat" and aircraft reclamation and restoration enthusiast, I had to share this wonderful story from @kmitchsp. https://t.co/2yLwG9JUzu