Rick Westhead

@rwesthead

Author, journalist with The Sports Network, CTV. Former Toronto Star foreign correspondent & contributor to NY Times 🇨🇦 [email protected]

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Rick Westhead
@rwesthead
Nov 4, 2025
My book WE BREED LIONS: Confronting Canada’s Troubled Hockey Culture is out today. Thank you to the team at @randomhouseca for believing in this book and thanks to Stephen Brunt for writing the forward. I’m grateful to @TSN_Sports for its commitment to sports journalism and I
We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada's Troubled Hockey Culture by Rick Westhead, (Paperback) | Indigo
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Rick Westhead
@rwesthead
Aug 18
Two years after a woman referred to publicly as "Anne Marie" detailed an alleged sexual assault in 2014 involving eight former members of the Mississauga Steelheads, Peel Regional Police have closed the case. While police recently arrested a former Steelheads player, they told
CTV News
@CTVNews
Aug 18
‘I was ready to fight’: Woman describes end of OHL sexual assault investigation ctvnews.ca/canada/article…
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Rick Westhead
@rwesthead
Aug 12
An independent appeal board has confirmed five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team breached Hockey Canada’s code of conduct. Hockey Canada said Alex Formenton has been reinstated immediately. Cal Foote, Carter Hart, Dillon Dubé and Michael McLeod remain suspended through
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Rick Westhead
@rwesthead
Aug 11
The trial of a former Peterborough Petes billet mom who is charged with sexual exploiting a teenaged player has begun in Peterborough. The woman, who was charged in February 2024, is represented by Juliana Greenspan, the lawyer who represented Cal Foote a year ago in the Hockey
Sexual exploitation trial begins for former Peterborough Petes billet
From thepeterboroughexaminer.com
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Rick Westhead
@rwesthead
Jul 15
As we move into fall, I'm booking more public speaking events to talk about establishing the right culture within sports organizations and teams and confronting an important question: What can we do to encourage boys becoming young men to become the best versions of themselves?
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