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Mike Mehl just turned 16 but he showed maturity well beyond his years in an epic men's squash comeback Wednesday night that was as good as gold.

Five long years ago, Emily Weekes gave up on her Olympic dream. It happened soon after she won bronze in wrestling at the 2009 Canada Summer Games despite sustaining nerve damage to her right arm just weeks before the competition.

A conversation with blind cross country skier Jesse Bachinsky is also one with his guide, Brendan McDonald. The two skied to bronze Tuesday in the 1.2-kilometre classic standing sprint, their first medal of the Canada Winter Games for Team Manitoba.

It's down to crunch time for Team B.C. in the Canada Winter Games men's hockey tournament. After three, less-than-stellar games in the preliminary round for the defending champions, the boys from B.C.

Yes, yes, Canada Winter Games medals are awesome, but once Justin Hampole and Stephen Gogolev were done on the ice, the young figure skaters were giddy about the nerf-gun war on their agenda later in the day at the Prince George Public Library.

Prince George snowboarders Evan Bichon and Dawson Ellery finished 12th and 14th respectively in Canada Winter Games parallel giant slalom Tuesday at Purden Ski Village. In the field of 19 athletes, gold went to Griff Haines of Ontario.

First they competed at the B.C. Special Olympics Provincial Winter Games on the weekend in Kamloops.

For someone who has a fear of going down hills, Alberta's Derek Zaplotinsky hasn't been stopped from making the climb to the top of the podium at the Canada Winter Games.

Even though the sprint isn't her favourite, B.C. sit-ski athlete Emily Suchy had a sizable lead as she glided over the finish line Tuesday. It was the 17-year-old's second gold medal in as many days competing at the Canada Winter Games.

Her family calls it her "magical dream mode." It happens when B.C. cross country skier and Canada Winter Games competitor Eliza-Jane Kitchen is racing at her best.