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CALGARY -- The UNBC Northern Timberwolves are one step away from a Canadian championship. To win it, they'll have to beat a team that will basically have a sixth man on the court the whole time.

Joe Rea wishes he could put time in bottle. If that was the case, he'd be savouring this week like a fine wine, even though his last sip Thursday tasted a little like vinegar.

It's dicey, but the trails at Otway Nordic Centre are open and there will be enough snow to stage this weekend's B.C. Cup Biathlon races. Just barely.

CALGARY -- Mike Woollard was going to book a trip that would take him to the sun and sand.

CALGARY -- Mike Woollard was going to book a trip that would take him to the sun and sand.

CALGARY -- The UNBC Northern Timberwolves appear well on their way to playing in Saturday night's gold-medal game at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association men's basketball championship.

CALGARY -- Forget the slow start. It wasn't happening this time. The UNBC Northern Timberwolves will go for gold at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association men's basketball national championship.

CALGARY -- For the UNBC Northern Timberwolves, the road to gold may have gotten a little easier.

CALGARY -- This time, the hole looked too deep. But, the UNBC Northern Timberwolves found a way to claw out of it and won their first game at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association men's basketball national championship tournament.

CALGARY -- For the second time in two years, the UNBC Northern Timberwolves and Mount Saint Vincent University Mystics will try to outgun each other at nationals.