Sports
Women’s volleyball team earns silver in Final Four tournament
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It took nearly everything they had, but in the end the UBC Thunderbirds earned a hard fought victory over the Manitoba Bisons, winning the Canada West championship crown by a score of 3-2.
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Bison women’s hockey team win best of three semi-final against Saskatchewan
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On Thursday night the Bison women’s hockey team hosted the Saskatchewan Huskies in the first game of the best of three Canada West semi-final. The Bisons out-shot the Huskies 14-2 in the first period,...
Reliving the winter Olympic spectacle
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Oh, the Olympics. I heart you. Every two years you return to my lonely grasp, and in my desperate attempt to smile you lead me on a short-lived but memorable journey cheering on athletes...
I forgot how much I like hockey
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Just to note off the top, I'm not much of a sports fan. I have trouble sitting through any televised broadcast, and I am often indifferent watching sports live. I look around and start...
Stop criticizing the Olympics
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Since the Vancouver 2010 Olympics have started there has been a rush to see who can criticize them to the greatest extent. I would like to debunk a few of the more ridiculous complaints...
Roller derby proudly returns to Winnipeg
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I got my first glimpse of the Murder City Maidens at a practice on a Canadian Forces base late one night last week. Not since junior high field trips to Wheelies, where Salt-N-Pepa’s song...
So you want to climb?
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I can honestly admit that some of the coolest people I know are climbers. Maybe they’re cool because they climb. Or maybe climbing makes them cool. Or maybe they’re cool because when they talk...
