Local Sports

Olivia Boys-Eddy and Mackenzie Boys-Eddy of Ontario edged a team from Quebec to win gold in pairs novice figure skating at Lakewood Dental Arena on Thursday. The Boys-Eddy siblings were awarded 72.

Raphael Couturier pulled an abrupt 180 and skied backwards across the finish line, seven seconds ahead of the second-place finisher at Otway Nordic Centre on Thursday.

Badminton 9 a.m. Mixed team competition - quarterfinals 5 p.m. Mixed team competition - relegation, semi finals Northern Sport Centre Women's curling 12 p.m. Crossover, quarterfinals 7 p.m.

Squash has always been a unfriendly spectator sport. Most squash courts are in club facilities and have solid white walls on three sides and a glass enclosure at one end, which includes the doorway entrance.

Kevin Gauthier had an encounter with a polar bear Thursday in Prince George, and lived to tell the tale.

In their first-ever playoff game in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association, the UNBC Timberwolves put a scare into a traditional powerhouse. But, Thursday night in Vancouver, the Timberwolves still fell to the UBC Thunderbirds.

Quebec has booked itself a semifinal berth in the Canada Winter Games men's hockey tournament. That possibility became a certainty Thursday night at Kin 2 when Quebec eliminated host B.C. from medal contention with a 6-3 victory.

B.C. is no longer undefeated in women's curling at the Canada Winter Games. On Wednesday afternoon at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club, the B.C. rink fell 7-5 to Ontario. Earlier in the day, B.C. beat P.E.I. 9-3. B.C.

Most athletes consider themselves fortunate to qualify for one or two Canada Winter Games. These are John Cushing's fifth. Cushing, a 68-year-old from Edmonton, is in Prince George in a volunteer capacity.

Jason Ho-Shue's father would have been proud. In an all-Ontario battle for men's singles gold Wednesday on the Canada Winter Games badminton court at the Northern Sport Centre, the 16-year-old from Markham, Ont.