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If Burnaby soccer star Christine Sinclair was not already Canada's most recognizable female athlete, she is now.

Kimberley Newell of Burnaby posted a pair of wins to earn a place on Canada's under-18 national women's hockey team following a selection camp in Calgary. Newell, who played goal for the Kootenay Ice of the B.C.

The Burnaby Lakers did not go gently into that good Thursday night.

The Hastings All-Stars are going back to the Little League World Series.

A late goal in extra time by Diana Matheson gave the Canadian women's soccer team the country's 10th bronze medal of the London Olympic Games.

Athlete was team MVP in two appearances at provincials

It's come down to all or nothing for the Burnaby Lakers senior A lacrosse team. The Lakers fell 10-6 to the Langley Thunder in Game 3 of the Western Lacrosse Association best-of-seven semifinal playoff at the Langley Events Centre on Tuesday.

The Burnaby Minor Braves are the new provincial moquito AA champions.

The Burnaby Lakers intermediate B lacrosse team finished in a tie for second place behind league and playoff champion Port Moody Thunder this year.