Regina cheer team celebrates historic world championship win at home
A Regina cheer team celebrated after bringing home gold at the international cheerleading world championship, on Thursday night.
The Regina Rebels rolled out the red carpet to celebrate Team Smoke’s monumental win at The Cheerleading Worlds last month. This victory marks the first time a Saskatchewan team has earned the title.
“I feel really good, I’m feeling really good. I’m in a room full of people who love and support me,” said Ainsley Remple, an athlete from team Smoke.
Family, friends and the media were all invited to recognize the accomplishment, which many expect to help grow the sport in the province.
“I think what has happened is it’s put a spotlight on the sport of cheerleading in Saskatchewan and I think it is going to just grow from here, which is a good thing,” said Sonja Clifton Remple, a proud parent.
“It’s a sport anyone can join. From age three all the way to mid 40’s if you can do it and it’s going to just keep growing.”
The athletes credit their victory to countless hours of hard work and dedication.
“It's a challenge mentally, physically, emotionally, so I’m just so proud of my team. We really came together, we put in a lot of work, we didn’t just get there by chance,” said Remple.
Sask Sport named the team Athlete of the Month for April.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Quebec nurse had to clean up after husband's death in Montreal hospital
On a night she should have been mourning, a nurse from Quebec's Laurentians region says she was forced to clean up her husband after he died at a hospital in Montreal.
Northern Ont. lawyer who abandoned clients in child protection cases disbarred
A North Bay, Ont., lawyer who abandoned 15 clients – many of them child protection cases – has lost his licence to practise law.
Bank of Canada officials split on when to start cutting interest rates
Members of the Bank of Canada's governing council were split on how long the central bank should wait before it starts cutting interest rates when they met earlier this month.
Maple Leafs fall to Bruins in Game 3, trail series 2-1
Brad Marchand scored twice, including the winner in the third period, and added an assist as the Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series Wednesday
Cuban government apologizes to Montreal-area family after delivering wrong body
Cuba's foreign affairs minister has apologized to a Montreal-area family after they were sent the wrong body following the death of a loved one.
'It was instant karma': Viral video captures failed theft attempt in Nanaimo, B.C.
Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., say two late-night revellers are lucky their allegedly drunken antics weren't reported to police after security cameras captured the men trying to steal a heavy sign from a downtown business.
What is changing about Canada's capital gains tax and how does it impact me?
The federal government's proposed change to capital gains taxation is expected to increase taxes on investments and mainly affect wealthy Canadians and businesses. Here's what you need to know about the move.
New Indigenous loan guarantee program a 'really big deal,' Freeland says at Toronto conference
Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was among the 1,700 delegates attending the two-day First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC) conference that concluded Tuesday in Toronto.
'Life was not fair to him': Daughter of N.B. man exonerated of murder remembers him as a kind soul
The daughter of a New Brunswick man recently exonerated from murder, is remembering her father as somebody who, despite a wrongful conviction, never became bitter or angry.