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B.C. earned its first team medal Sunday when they took the bronze in women's gymnastics. The event at UNBC included floor exercise, uneven bars, the beam and the vault.

Team B.C. has won its first game at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The squad, skipped by Patti Knezevic of the Prince George Golf and Curling Club, defeated PEI 7-4 in Monday morning's Draw 6 at the national curling championship in Moose Jaw.

In the history of the Canada Winter Games, Ontario has won the women's hockey championship five of six times it has been played. In fact, the only time they lost was four years ago in Halifax when Alberta beat in them in the final in overtime.

MONDAY Long track speed skating (weather permitting) Outdoor Ice Oval 7:30 a.m. Women's 500 metre - finals (race 1) 9 a.m. Women's 500 metre - finals (race 2) 10:30 a.m. Women's team pursuit - finals 11 a.m.

In their Canada Winter Games debut, Callie Swan of Prince George and Alison Desmarais of Vanderhoof turned home ice advantage Sunday into a berth in Sunday's women's short track speed skating 1,500-metre B-final.

Quebec took the short track to medal nirvana Sunday afternoon at Lakewood Dental Arena.

Patti Knezevic and Team B.C. is 0-3 so far at the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw.

Benjamin Churchill was not expecting to be standing atop the podium at the Otway Nordic Centre on Sunday.

After the pomp and circumstance were over Sunday afternoon, Emily Dickson was speechless. Moments before, the 17-year-old biathlete from Prince George had received a bronze medal she won for Team B.C. in the junior women's 12.

Geanne Blais-Dufour knows all about the havoc Mother Nature can play on an outdoor speed skating oval. Ice conditions on her 400-metre home track in Ste-Foy, Que., near Quebec City can be as unpredictable as the weather.