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Youth will be looking to bust the brackets. But experience will be working to keep those brackets sturdy and holding firm.

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Having reached the second round of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League playoffs, Mark Osmond鈥檚 goals have already been achieved.

A miserable, wet and cool season put a damper on winter golf within the region, but the new Bayview Place Vikes Performance Tour finally rolled out of the gates on Monday at Royal Colwood.

It鈥檚 a long way from Baylor University to Vancouver Island, but four members of the Bears baseball team will be making the trek northward for the West Coast League season, joining the Victoria HarbourCats for the 2017 campaign.

For most of the Western Hockey League season, the Vancouver Giants have been a cure for what ails opposing teams. Not on this night.

Charity Williams never gets tired of putting on her bronze medal from the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, as she did Tuesday outside the Legislature. 鈥淵ou can see people鈥檚 faces light up. They want to know you and want to know your story,鈥� she said.

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The mumps has given hockey its share of bumps this season. The Victoria Royals and Seattle Thunderbirds could meet in the first round of the WHL playoffs, and also have something else in common. Both clubs have activated the mumps protocol.