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It’s been a year of change and challenges on the provincial women’s curling scene and it will all come to a head this coming week at the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Scotties Tournament of Hearts at the Cloverdale Curling Club in Surrey.

Fans got an early preview of playoff-like hockey on Saturday night at Bear Mountain Arena, complete with some late shenanigans as tempers flared after the final whistle.

Jessica Renfrew has managed to capture lightning in a bottle, a remarkable accomplishment considering the third-year forward and her University of Victoria Vikes teammates were caught in mid -20 C temperatures in Winnipeg.

It’s probably not easy being the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League these days. There is only one sports story that matters this weekend in Seattle, with ripples being felt from sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Victor Kraatz Arena in Parksville, named in honour of the skater who, with partner Shae-Lynn Bourne, became the first North Americans to win the world title in ice dance, is a standing testament to the Island’s connection to the event.

CALGARY - After squandering away most of what once was a comfortable five-goal lead, the Toronto Rock turned to a pair of veterans Saturday night to hold off a late comeback.

The long wait for NHL hockey is over.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly will be trying for his first BCS championship, instead of a Super Bowl title, next season.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The waiting has been the hardest part for Columbus Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards. "It's the Christmas morning that I remember when I was a young kid, 10 or 12 years old," Richards said of the arrival of the NHL season.

AUSTIN, Texas - Lance Armstrong said he will answer questions "directly, honestly and candidly" during an interview with Oprah Winfrey next week.