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OK Sun searching for billet homes

Photo: Contributed If you have room in your house -- or have a room to rent, the Okanagan Sun would like to hear from you. The Sun are looking for billets or housing for players age 17 to 22 for the upcoming season. Accommodations are needed from July through...

It's official, Canucks axe Vigneault

Photo: Contributed - Tony Avelar/Associated Press Reports out of Vancouver indicate the Canucks have fired head coach Alain Vigneault. Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault has paid the price for his team's early exit from the playoffs. The club fired Vigneault and assistants...

OK Sun get three more top recruits

The Okanagan Sun have secured commitments from three more top recruits as they continue to get ready for the start of training camp in early July. Photo: Contributed All three players attended the club's Spring Camp earlier this month. The additions to the...

Sun get beefy on offensive line

The Okanagan Sun continue to beef up the offensive line less than two months shy of the opening of training camp. Photo: Wayne Moore - Castanet File Photo Sun coach Shane Beatty is all smiles after securing two top offensive linemen for the coming season The...

David Beckham retires from soccer

Photo: CBC David Beckham has announced he is retiring from professional soccer. The sports superstar has decided to call time on his playing career at the age of 38, just days after helping his current club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) win the Ligue 1 title in France...

Richdale qualifies for Canadian Open

Photo: Contributed - Wojciech Migda Kelowna's Samantha Richdale discusses a shot with caddie Gord McGarva during the 2011 Women's British Open at Carnoustie, Scotland. Kelowna's Samantha Richdale has qualified for the Canadian Women's Open Golf...

Results from Kelowna Elementary XC

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Rockets d-man a hometown hero

Photo: Contributed Kelowna Rockets defenceman Madison Bowey receives the Mayor's Award for Sports Excellence from Winnipeg Mayor, Sam Katz Kelowna Rockets defenceman Madison Bowey has been honoured by his hometown of Winnipeg. Thursday, Bowey received the...

Canucks GM says it's time to "reset"

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Vancouver Canucks' President and General Manager Mike Gillis speaks to the media in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday May 9, 2013. The Canucks were eliminated from the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs in four games by the San Jose...

The Heat is on as UBCO attains status

As expected, UBC Okanagan has been officially welcomed into the Canada West Universities Athletic Association, and will become the 14th full member of the Canada West Conference. Photo: Contributed - Steve Shulhan Guard Bret Macdonald takes a three from beyond...

Major changes loom for Canucks

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. The Vancouver Canucks prepare to leave the ice after a loss to the San Jose Sharks during overtime of Game 4 of their first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, May 7, 2013. San Jose won 4-3...

Two former Sun land in CFL draft

Two former members of the BCFC's Okanagan Sun heard their names called during Monday's Canadian Football League draft. Photo: Wayne Moore - Castanet File Photo Paul Spencer (#11) was one of two former Okanagan Sun players taken in Monday's CFL...

Golden Soul chased Orb to the finish line

  Photo: Contributed Joel Rosario rides Orb to a victory in the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. Charles Fipke's horse, Golden Soul (4) finished second. (AP / Charlie Riedel) Long shot Golden Soul, owned...

Kentucky Derby wide open this year

  Photo: CBC Orb, shown racing to the finish line to win the Fountain of Youth, is on a four-race winning streak heading into the Kentucky Derby. (Gulfstream Park/Associated Press) A trainer flooding the field with five horses. A black jockey trying to make...

Geroy returns to Kelowna to coach

Photo: The Canadian Press - Darryl Dyck Saskatchewan receiver Geroy Simon will help coach at a football clinic in Kelowna next weekend The CFL's all time leader in receiving yards will be in the Okanagan next weekend. Former BC Lion Geroy Simon will be in...

Rockets grab a dozen at bantam draft

The Kelowna Rockets grabbed a skilled centre, the son of a former NHL defenceman and the brother of a current Rockets defenceman Thursday at the Western Hockey League Bantam Draft conducted in Calgary. Photo: Contributed - Facebook The Kelowna Rockets selected centre...

OK Sun ink talented lineman

The Okanagan Sun has secured the commitment of Hugh Boyd Secondary grad (Richmond), offensive lineman Dylan Craddock. Photo: Contributed - Facebook Offensive lineman Dylan Craddock has committed to playing with the Okanagan Sun this season The 19-year-old...

Olympic champ joining Okanagan rink

Photo: The Canadian Press - Jason Franson John Morris will call the shots for a new look Jim Cotter squad as the two look to make it to the Olympics together It didn't take John Morris long to find a new place to curl. Just a week after announcing he was...

Rockets shutout at WHL awards lunch

The Kelowna Rockets came away empty handed at Wednesday's Western Hockey League awards luncheon in Calgary. Photo: Wayne Moore - Castanet Rockets head coach Ryan Huska finished second in WHL Coach of the Year voting Forward Zach Franko (most sportsmanlike),...

Luongo gets start in playoff opener

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo makes a save against teh Edmonton Oilers during second period NHL hockey action in Edmonton, on Saturday, April 27, 2013. Luongo will start in goal for the Vancouver Canucks tonight in...