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Former North Shore Twins star pitcher begins pro career with hometown team

Sitting on the plane, 1:40 a.m., heading back to Moscow. I’ll spend the day sleeping, and catch a flight the following day back to Vancouver. My World Cup is over, and so is Iran’s. It wasn’t without drama. Iran really had to win to get through.

I’ve noticed something glaring over my time here in Russia: while there seems to be a considerable amount of the world here, there is a glaring lack of Europeans.

Twenty-two hours on a cramped train is not something I’d recommend to the faint of heart.

West Vancouver’s Nicole Hutchinson was named an All-American following a stellar season with the Villanova University track and field team.

West Vancouver’s Rutledge Field will play host to five International Summer Series games featuring Canada’s national men’s field hockey team over the next three weeks.

Termansen and Barnett won Vanier Cup together with UBC

The key to surviving Saint Petersburg is sleep, or so they tell me. The party is still going, bustling along at the speed of light.

I have just landed in Saint Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city, with a population roughly equal to my home province of British Columbia, Canada. WHY ARE YOU IN RUSSIA, NICK?!?! Great question.