More from Monday . . .

From the department of terrific ideas: The WHL will open the regular season Sept. 18 with the Memorial Cup-champion Spokane Chiefs meeting the Kootenay Ice in Cranbrook. Jeff Bromley of the Kootenay News Advertiser reports that the game is being played in honour of the late Ed Chynoweth, the former WHL president who owned the Ice. Kootenay, it turns out, was going to open by going home-and-home with the Lethbridge Hurricanes. But that was before the WHL came forward with an idea. “(The league) came to us as a family and said they’d like to do a tribute to Ed, in his memory,” Jeff Chynoweth, one of Ed’s two sons and the Ice’s general manager, told Bromley. “They wanted the first winners of the Ed Chynoweth Cup (WHL championship trophy), the Spokane Chiefs, against a big rival, which is also Ed’s team. So really, it’s a tribute to Ed.” . . . The game will be televised live by the folks at Shaw.
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A source familiar with the WHL's West Division says the Spokane Chiefs are expected to name former WHLer Cam Severson as their assistant coach. He would replace Hardy Sauter, who was promoted to head coach after Bill Peters signed with the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs. Severson, who turned 30 on Friday, concluded his WHL playing career with the Chiefs in 1998-99. A native of Canora, Sask., he also played for the Kamloops Blazers, Swift Current Broncos, Lethbridge Hurricanes and Prince Albert Raiders. Severson, who lives in Spokane, spent the last two seasons playing in Germany..
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D Bo Montgomery has told Corey Atkinson of the Moose Jaw Times-Herald that he won’t be returning to the Portland Winter Hawks. Instead, he has committed to attend the U of Regina and play for the Cougars. Montgomery, an 18-year-old from Moose Jaw, said he heard from the Regina Pats, but declined their offer. . . . You can read Atkinson’s story right here.
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And while you’re on the Times-Herald’s website, check out the last in the courtroom drama involving the multiplex referendum. Yes, there was action in a Regina courtroom on Monday, and the story is right here. . . . And don’t forget to read the comments, which include a critique of both lawyers. Great entertainment!