Sports

Feeling the winter blues? Come on out and lift your spirits and see some of the best mens’ volleyball in the country.

The Comox Valley Regional District and Tim Hortons are once again making it possible to celebrate New Year’s Eve family-style with a free skate and swim from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31 at the CVRD’s sports centre.

A wheelchair-bound former freestyle skier from the Comox Valley has been asked to carry the torch for the Paralympic Games, which start March 12.

Tickets are still available for the Olympic men’s hockey gold medal game at the Rialto Theatre in Courtenay.

Cumberland is welcoming the 2010 Olympic Games right in the village. The Cumberland Community Schools Society along with Cumberland Recreation will show the opening ceremony on a big screen in high definition Friday.

From Cranbrook, to Surrey and all points in between, the excitement of the 2010 Winter Games is building as the Olympic Flame travels to community celebrations all across the province.

Two of the most sought-after tickets at the Olympics — a Canadian women’s hockey game — will be up for grabs as part of a busy two days of pre-Olympic festivities in the Comox Valley.

There may not be snow in his native Ghana, but that's not stopping Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong from competing in alpine skiing in the 2010 Olympics.

Two of the most sought-after tickets at the Olympics — a Canadian women's hockey game — will be up for grabs as part of a busy two days of pre-Olympic festivities in the Comox Valley.