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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.

Gold triathlon, gold medal. In fact, it was nearly a podium sweep for Spruce City Skating Club athletes who entered the gold triathlon event last weekend at the Pacific STARSkate championships in Kamloops.

CALGARY -- The UNBC Northern Timberwolves are No. 1, the Fanshawe College Falcons are No. 8. The Timberwolves don't need to be reminded that an upset is entirely possible.

CALGARY -- Mike Raimbault has never put much importance on individual awards. Nonetheless, he was handed a major one Wednesday night in Calgary.

The Prince George Cougars have won the WHL's draft lottery, and will pick first in the upcoming bantam player dispersal.

The Prince George Cougars are lucky lottery winners. For the third time in their 16-year history in Prince George, the Cougars have earned the right to pick first in the Western Hockey League bantam draft.

Brandon Manning knows the empty feeling of not playing hockey this time of year. A year ago he was in that situation when the Chiliwack Bruins missed the playoffs.