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NORTH Vancouver resident Zach Bell was confirmed this week as one of Cycling Canada's nominees to the Canadian Olympic Team for track cycling for the 2012 Olympic Summer games in London.

RETIRED tennis superstar Martina Hingis will hit the court at West Vancouver's Hollyburn Country Club Aug. 1 for an exhibition match during this year's Odlum Brown VanOpen.

Caitlin Shaw (left), Miles Gailiunas and Tristan Torresan gear up for the Danone Nations Cup national final scheduled for July 14 in Toronto.

A pair of West Vancouver boys who played together for years at the Hollyburn Country Country Club have gone back-to-back in the top-5 of the 2012 NHL entry draft.

NORTH Shore hockey fans will be watching this weekend's NHL draft with particular interest as four young phenoms from North and West Vancouver are slated to go in the early rounds, possibly all in the first round.

Collingwood and Sentinel keep B.C. championship streaks alive

LOWER Mainland rugby fans will get a chance to see the Canadian senior men's national team in action this Saturday at Burnaby's Swangard Stadium.

WHITECAPS soccer is coming to North Vancouver. The Vancouver Whitecaps women will take on the Pali Blues from Los Angeles in a USL W-League regular season game this Sunday, June 24, at North Vancouver's Kinsmen Stadium.

NORTH Vancouver's Scott Richmond and all of his teammates from Canada's 2011 senior national baseball team will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame this Saturday during a ceremony in St. Marys, Ont.

On the afternoon of Friday June 15th, North Vancouvers Confederation Field was the setting for spring senior exhibition football as the Carson Graham Eagles hosted the West Vancouver Highlanders.