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Tofino, both the spiritual and logistical home of Canadian surfing, will not be represented in the Tokyo Olympics this summer after sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ failed to qualify any surfers to the Games.

The rest of the Canadian team rowers for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics were training Saturday on Quamichan Lake in North Cowichan. But they took a moment to look up results from a lake in Gavirate, Italy.

The gloom is lifting off the pitches with much beautiful news for the beautiful game this month as the Euros are about to start and sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is rolling in World Cup 2022 qualifying matches.

A lot of time and turmoil has passed, but nearly a decade after his Olympic debut on the track at London in 2012, Islander Cam Levins is returning for the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer on the road.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Junior A Lacrosse League is adamant it can do what the Senior A Western Lacrosse Association couldn’t — mount a 2021 season of some sort. The BCJALL has announced a return to play through what it is dubbing the Summer Showcase Series.

The new rule is apparently two strikes and you’re out.

Swimmer Nicholas Bennett of Parksville would have liked to have proven himself in the competitive pool but he’ll take the dryland decision to join the more than 75 Island or Island-based athletes expected to compete this summer in the Tokyo Olympics

The first announced live in-person road race on the Island in more than a year and a half will take place Oct. 10 with an abbreviated version of the Royal Victoria Marathon.

Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog was enthusiastic after a meeting Tuesday between mid-Island officials and proponents of a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics. Krog said the Olympics promote world peace and will boost the economy and help open up sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Forward Tanner Kaspick of the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League and Kale Clague, who split this season between the Ontario Reign of the AHL and Los Angeles Kings of the NHL, are both three-season pros. That’s a near eternity in hockey.