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Most elite Island athletes who are internationals have the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo as their ultimate goal. For Olivia Brodie, the dream extends far beyond that, to the 2024 Paris and 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

As the final winter echoes from Pyeongchang fade to history, Island athletes turn their attention to the beat of summer, beginning next month at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast, through to the big prizes at Tokyo 2020.

POWELL RIVER 3 VICTORIA 2 Powell River leads series 2-0 The good news is the Victoria Grizzlies have been down this road before and lived to tell about it. The bad news is the Powell River Kings are not the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.

EVERETT 8 VICTORIA 1 The Victoria Royals perhaps tempted fate by playing a team clad in green on St. Patrick’s Day, and one with something to play for.

EVERETT SILVERTIPS 3 VICTORIA 2 The strait story will begin on Blanshard Street, likely next Friday and Saturday.

POWELL RIVER KINGS 5 VICTORIA ROYALS 1 The Victoria Grizzlies started Game 1 with a ton of energy, looking for a dream start against the Powell River Kings. But the series opener of the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

A new high school gymnastics program in Victoria is paying dividends for girls and boys.

The Victoria Royals first-round Western Hockey League playoff series will be the strait story. The Royals will meet the Vancouver Giants in the post-season for the first time. It will be the No. 2-seed versus No. 3-seed matchup in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

If this was boxing, it would be a battle of the heavyweights. And odds makers would have it as a pick-em (no favourite). It would also be the rematch everyone’s been waiting for.

TORONTO — Chicago and Minneapolis have joined Vancouver in dropping out of the bid group that’s trying to bring the 2026 World Cup of soccer to North America. The three cities expressed concerns about FIFA’s demands.