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Rich McBride is off to the 2024 Winter World Master Games in Italy this January. He returned from the 2020 Innsbruck games with a bronze medal and plenty of swag. (Kevin Forsyth photo)

Qualicum Bay man off to Italy for Winter World Master Games figure skating

Rich McBride has skated for 50 years and coached for 30

Rich McBride is off to the 2024 Winter World Master Games in Italy this January. He returned from the 2020 Innsbruck games with a bronze medal and plenty of swag. (Kevin Forsyth photo)
NDSS Islanders players celebrate match point as they defeat the Mt. Douglas Rams in five sets to win the Vancouver Island senior AAAA girls’ volleyball championship Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Dover Bay Secondary School gym. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

NDSS Islanders win Island volleyball championship

Isles get past Mt. Doug Rams in five sets in senior AAAA girls’ final

NDSS Islanders players celebrate match point as they defeat the Mt. Douglas Rams in five sets to win the Vancouver Island senior AAAA girls’ volleyball championship Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Dover Bay Secondary School gym. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Former Ballenas Whalers standout Enzo Agostini will play for the Harvard University football team next school year. (Photo from Enzo Agostini’s Twitter)

Former Ballenas Whalers standout Agostini will play football at Harvard

Towering lineman had variety of offers from U.S. programs

Former Ballenas Whalers standout Enzo Agostini will play for the Harvard University football team next school year. (Photo from Enzo Agostini’s Twitter)
The UVic women’s rowing team captured its second-straight national title at the 2023 Canadian University Rowing Championships in Burnaby on Nov. 11 and 12. (Courtesy of the University of Victoria)

UVic women’s rowing team repeats as national champions

Women’s team took home five medals over six races, men’s rowers place third overall

The UVic women’s rowing team captured its second-straight national title at the 2023 Canadian University Rowing Championships in Burnaby on Nov. 11 and 12. (Courtesy of the University of Victoria)
The UVic field hockey team captured its fifth-straight national championship as it bested the University of Toronto in a three-game series from Nov. 3 to 5. (Courtesy of Seyran Mammadov/UVic)

Consecutive shutouts lead UVic field hockey to fifth-straight national title

Vikes beat University of Toronto in best-of-three series

The UVic field hockey team captured its fifth-straight national championship as it bested the University of Toronto in a three-game series from Nov. 3 to 5. (Courtesy of Seyran Mammadov/UVic)
Canada’s Ethan Katzberg celebrates winning the gold medal setting a new Pan American record in the men’s hammer throw final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Nanaimo’s Ethan Katzberg strikes gold in hammer throw at Pan Am Games

21-year-old sets Games record in Chile

Canada’s Ethan Katzberg celebrates winning the gold medal setting a new Pan American record in the men’s hammer throw final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Canada’s Alycia Butterworth leads in the women’s 3,000-metre steeplechase final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Parksville’s Butterworth earns silver medal at Pan American Games

Former coaches thrilled to see performance in 3,000-metre steeplechase

Canada’s Alycia Butterworth leads in the women’s 3,000-metre steeplechase final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
The Nanaimo Clippers locker room at Frank Crane Arena. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo Clippers coach resigns after code of conduct violation

Interim head coach was involved in ‘non-physical incident’ with opposing player last weekend

The Nanaimo Clippers locker room at Frank Crane Arena. (News Bulletin file photo)
Duncan product and national team member Sara Goodman during action against Chile at the Pan Am Games in Santiago. (Yan Huckendubler photo)

Rowers golden, Goodman and field hockey team advance to semis at Pan Am Games

Cowichan athletes seeing success in major competition

Duncan product and national team member Sara Goodman during action against Chile at the Pan Am Games in Santiago. (Yan Huckendubler photo)
VIU Mariners player Makayla Kimble passes the ball during PacWest action against the Capilano Blues on Friday, Oct. 27, at the Vancouver Island University gym. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

VIU basketball teams win home openers

Women’s and men’s hoops teams both sweep their games to improve to 4-0

VIU Mariners player Makayla Kimble passes the ball during PacWest action against the Capilano Blues on Friday, Oct. 27, at the Vancouver Island University gym. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Terris Smith (centre) won the 60 kg elite female class title in Ireland. (Photo courtesy of Terris Smith)

West Shore fighter wins gold medal in Ireland, eyes spot in Olympics

Terris Smith looks to earn spot on Team Canada

  • Oct 26, 2023
Terris Smith (centre) won the 60 kg elite female class title in Ireland. (Photo courtesy of Terris Smith)
The Calgary Cavalry beat Pacific FC 2-1 during the CPL semifinal on Oct. 21. (Photo: CFC Media/Tony Lewis)

Langford’s Pacific FC fall to Calgary in season-ending semifinal

PFC unable to finish comeback in 2-1 loss

The Calgary Cavalry beat Pacific FC 2-1 during the CPL semifinal on Oct. 21. (Photo: CFC Media/Tony Lewis)
VIU Mariners player Linnea Brickwood sets the ball during a match against the College of the Rockies Avalanche on Friday, Oct. 20, at the Vancouver Island University gym. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

VIU women start volleyball season with hard-fought victories

Women win two matches, men split their matches as PacWest season gets underway

VIU Mariners player Linnea Brickwood sets the ball during a match against the College of the Rockies Avalanche on Friday, Oct. 20, at the Vancouver Island University gym. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Esquimalt will host some of the province’s best speedskating at an Oct. 28 event. (B.C. Games photo)

Esquimalt rink set to host B.C.’s best speedskaters

Event set for Oct. 28

  • Oct 21, 2023
Esquimalt will host some of the province’s best speedskating at an Oct. 28 event. (B.C. Games photo)
Pacific FC will face the Calgary Cavalry in the CPL semifinals on Oct. 21. Pacific’s Manny Aparicio, who was nominated for the CPLs 2023 player of the year, and Nathan Mavbila double up to dispossess the attacker against Atletico Ottawa on Aug. 13, 2022, at Starlight Stadium in Langford. (Simon Fearn/Black Press Media)

Langford’s Pacific FC vying for CPL final return against rival Calgary

Watch parties prepped for semifinal, Aparicio nominated for CPL player of the year

Pacific FC will face the Calgary Cavalry in the CPL semifinals on Oct. 21. Pacific’s Manny Aparicio, who was nominated for the CPLs 2023 player of the year, and Nathan Mavbila double up to dispossess the attacker against Atletico Ottawa on Aug. 13, 2022, at Starlight Stadium in Langford. (Simon Fearn/Black Press Media)
Island championships St. Michaels University School athlete Nella Meinecke approaches the finish line at the Vancouver Island High School Cross Country Championships at Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park Wednesday (Oct. 18). Meinecke came in third place in the senior girls race. See story on page A8. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Greater Victoria athletes shine at cross country championships

Oak Bay High School’s Charli Mlotshwa took home the senior boys crown

Island championships St. Michaels University School athlete Nella Meinecke approaches the finish line at the Vancouver Island High School Cross Country Championships at Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park Wednesday (Oct. 18). Meinecke came in third place in the senior girls race. See story on page A8. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Former Vikes field hockey star Anna Mollenhauer will be among the 10 past and present UVic athletes at the Pan American Games in Chile starting on Oct. 20. (Photo courtesy of the University of Victoria)

Current and former UVic athletes heading to Chile for Pan Am Games

Vikes stars represented in rowing, rugby and field hockey

Former Vikes field hockey star Anna Mollenhauer will be among the 10 past and present UVic athletes at the Pan American Games in Chile starting on Oct. 20. (Photo courtesy of the University of Victoria)
Chemainus resident John Dewar at the Cowichan Community Centre while the Caps work out in preparation for their next game. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Head of new ownership group wants to restore Caps to past glory

Chemainus’ John Dewar brings a refreshing approach to the hockey franchise

Chemainus resident John Dewar at the Cowichan Community Centre while the Caps work out in preparation for their next game. (Photo by Don Bodger)
The sleeping barrels are produced by One Of A Kind Creative Woodcrafting out of Parksville. Photo supplied

Glamping coming to Cumberland Campground on Comox Lake in 2024

Upscale camping, commonly known as “glamping,” is all the rage these days,…

The sleeping barrels are produced by One Of A Kind Creative Woodcrafting out of Parksville. Photo supplied
Sandy Shore Skating Club new head coach Kristen Avis gives Payton Hebb instructions prior to performing in the Star 4 Girls U13 competition at the BC/YT Super Series Fall Competition, held at Oceanside Place Sept. 22 to Sept. 24. Hebb finished in first place. (Michael Briones photo)

Parksville skating club turns to an old friend to help regain past glory

Sandy Shores Skating Club welcomes new head coach Avis

Sandy Shore Skating Club new head coach Kristen Avis gives Payton Hebb instructions prior to performing in the Star 4 Girls U13 competition at the BC/YT Super Series Fall Competition, held at Oceanside Place Sept. 22 to Sept. 24. Hebb finished in first place. (Michael Briones photo)