Sports

Local teams made a clean sweep of last weekend’s 52nd Annual 100 Mile Curling Club Men’s Bonspiel, as winners of the A, B and C events all came from the South Cariboo.

The annual Cariboo Old Cats Hockey Tournament comes to the South Cariboo Rec. Centre from Jan. 21-23 with 12 teams registered to compete in the non-contact event.

Alvina Cameron, a cancer survivor from Blind Bay, ran with the Olympic Torch in Barriere on the morning of Jan. 28.

Local RBC branch manager Norman Cooper hosted the RBC Torchbearer Reception for all of the torchbearers participating in the Olympic Torch Relay in 100 Mile House.

Marisa Peter’s lifetime Olympic experience is about to grow from performing in the opening ceremonies at the 1976 Montreal Games to a stint with the 2010 Olympic family in Whistler.

When Donna Forward played keyboard accompaniment for the German folk choir at the 100 Mile Olympic Torch Relay celebration, it was far from being her first Olympic experience.

Canim Lake Band was well represented in the Olympic Torch Relay, with 14-

100 Mile House scored a first at the Olympic Torch Relay celebrations Jan. 28.

When 93-year-old war veteran Gordon Thorsteinson from 100 Mile House carried the Olympic Torch as a member of the 2010 torch Relay Team, it resulted in a real family celebration.