Big snow years boost splitboard industry
The transition to winter has officially started Predictions of another strong snow year is boosting splitboard production and sending backcountry newcomers to sign up for avalanche safety training.[…]
Category: Sport
Vancouver youth soccer players want to bring the World Cup home
When Vancouver made the shortlist for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, B.C. youth soccer players started to believe their dream of playing on the world stage might just[…]
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Women’s box lacrosse to be a first at North American Indigenous Games
No sport is more deeply engrained in the culture and tradition of indigenous people than lacrosse. Kwantlen First Nation elder Lekeyten says it even lives in the stone[…]
Canadian race walker uses his success to motivate kids to move
Students at Henry Anderson Elementary in Richmond were awestruck when Canadian Olympic race walker Evan Dunfee spoke at their school recently. “It was amazing, it was breathtaking,” said[…]
Lack of leadership, support push Canadian women away from sports: report
Rochelle Grayson makes a point of getting out for long walks as often as possible. It’s her way of taking care of herself and literally walking[…]
UBC eSports champions head into uncertain future
The University of British Columbia is home to one of the most successful college teams in the world but most people at the school don’t even know about[…]
Heading the ball a major health risk in young soccer players
Canadian officials are debating their next move after the U.S. Soccer Federation banned heading the ball in youth soccer in early November. The USSF guidelines forbid children 10 years old or younger from[…]
Overuse injuries soaring among children in sports
In the weeks after B.C.’s provincial cross-country championships in November, almost one in five of the children and teens who had participated appeared at clinics and doctors’ offices with[…]
Minor hockey numbers in good shape
Minor hockey in B.C. The district is home to four individual associations with 567 registered skaters out of a total population of 7,730 children between the ages[…]
UBC prof asks if sports journalism can promote peace
A University of British Columbia professor hopes research will promote peace journalism in the world of sports writing. Kinesiology professor Brian Wilson is conducting his third major grant-funded[…]
Culture
Financial pressure forces local theatre workers to jump ship to Hollywood NorthOctober 25, 2018
Haunt of Edgemont brings community together through scares and screamsOctober 25, 2018
Meet the Vancouver man throwing sober parties around the worldOctober 22, 2018
Flash tattooing draws Vancouverites looking for fresh inkMarch 21, 2018
