Special Guest
Special Guest 2025
We are proud to announce that, for our 70th annual LIT, our Special Guest is Rob Vanstone!
A product of Campbell Collegiate and the University of Regina’s School of Journalism, Rob Vanstone joined the Regina Leader-Post newspaper as a sports writer in 1987, became assistant editor in 1995, columnist in 1996 and sports editor in 2001, until joining the Saskatchewan Roughriders in February of 2023 as their senior writer and historian. One of the final events he covered in 36 years at the Leader-Post was the 69th LIT.
Overall, he has covered nine Grey Cups, two Olympics, three Memorial Cups, the 2002 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., and numerous Canadian men’s and women’s curling championships. He has written 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 Western Hockey League’s Bob Ridley Award for Media Excellence. In October of 2023, he was inducted into the Regina Sports Hall of Fame.
Although he wrote about high-profile teams like the Roughriders and Regina Pats, often displaying his penchant for historical facts, Rob equally enjoyed covering high school sports -- especially LIT -- and the local athletic scene in general. In fact, Rob is still covering LIT, for the tournament’s website.
Rob, a lifelong resident in Regina, lives in Albert Park with his wife, Chryssoula, and their spectacular dog, Candy. Rob and Chryssoula were married on May 15, 1999. A pre-wedding social was held in what is now called the Merlis Belsher Heritage Centre. The best man was Dr. Mark Anderson, who retired as Luther’s principal in 2023 after spending 36 years at the high school.