Local Sports

Burnaby’s Marcus Vela has made a quick jump from collegiate hockey to the pro ranks. The Burnaby Minor Hockey product inked a deal last week with the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League, the top farm team of the San Jose Sharks.

Now that's getting it out of the way in quick fashion.

Canada Soccer has named the 23 players who will make up Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team roster for the April 5 international friendly against England in Manchester, England.

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It wasn’t long ago that snow and ice were carpeting the local golf courses. Leave it up to Burnaby’s Ilirian Zalli to lead the thaw.

When first put in the pool, Burnaby’s Octavia Lau wasn’t keen. To be frank, she downright disliked it. It was her older brother’s thing, and she just wasn’t enjoying the time submerged in the water.

Building on a season that saw them post the second-best record in their division, the Burnaby Bulldogs continued the chase right down to a Pacific Coast Hockey Association GVC Flight 2 title last week.

In the last game of winter, the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club’s premier men’s side got hot when it counted in for a 40-33 win over the Oak Bay Castaways-Wanderers last week on the Island.

The Vancouver Northeast Chiefs left nothing open to chance this past weekend, launching the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League playoffs like an Elias Pettersson howitzer.

Debuting in the +73-kilogram division at the Edmonton International Judo tournament, Burnaby Judo Club’s Nikola Petrovic made like it was all-so familiar with a 3-0 victory in the spotlight of a championship final.