The R.F. Staples Thunderbirds boys’ basketball team played several impressive matches during last weekend’s tournament in Barrhead and came home with a silver medal.

Local skier Kara Siegle earned a silver medal at the 2012 Alberta Winter Games Feb. 10-11, doing her fellow Tawatinaw Valley Freeriders and Westlock-area residents proud.

Westlock-area athletes failed to make the podium at the Alberta Winter Games skiing and snowboarding events hosted at the Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill Friday and Saturday.

Three Westlock wrestlers brought home a total of four medals after a successful performance at the Highwood Classic in High River over the weekend.

The St. Mary Sharks put up a good effort, but could not defeat their rivals from Parkland in the gold-medal match of the W.J. Kallal tournament at the Shark Tank last weekend.

WINNIPEG - Convicted sex abuser and former junior hockey coach Graham James has apologized to his victims, his former players and the entire Canadian hockey community.

Sacramento's last shot to remain an NBA city appears headed for another overtime.

TORONTO - Simon Whitfield may not be getting any younger but, as the veteran triathlete prepares for his fourth Olympics, he's swimming, biking and running more than ever.