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Burnaby's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is officially an Edmonton Oiler and can now start bankrolling his $1 million salary, which includes nearly $2.8 million more in performance bonuses.

The St. Thomas More Knights would wrap up the B.C. high school football Eastern conference title with a win over Lord Tweedsmuir on Friday.

In their 2011 exhibition opener the Simon Fraser University women's basketball team won by a convincing 83-point margin this evening, defeating the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Eagles by a score of 106-23.

Starting early: A Vancouver Rowing Club ball carrier eludes a tackle from a Meraloma player in Grade 2 mini rugby at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-East last month.

South Burnaby soccer star Christine Sinclair scored a goal in regulation time and another in a shootout to help the Canadian women's team to the gold medal at the Pan American Games on Oct. 27.

Burnaby's Adam Helewka helped propel the Northwest Giants into second place in the B.C. major midget hockey standings. Helewka tallied the game-winning goal in the Giants' 3-1 victory over the Valley West Hawks at the Burnaby Winter Club on Sunday.

Burnaby North and Burnaby South both won their high school district semifinals to move on to the league championship today (Wednesday) at Cariboo Hill Oval.

This weekend the Simon Fraser University wrestling program, in conjunction with the Hargobind Wrestling Club, will host the Hargobind International wrestling championships.

Burnaby's Dimitri Penchev was named the Canadian coach of the year by Tennis Canada in September.