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Julien Cousineau has been through the ringer several times in recent years, sidelined with injuries and recovering from various surgeries. He almost quit at one point, but with a home Olympics on the horizon he decided to stick it out.

Girls soccer teams in tournaments

The sliding sports are unique in Canada in that the national championships are held at the start of the season, in order to rank competitors heading into the World Cup season.

After squeaking through the qualification rounds ranked third in the zone, the Pemberton Secondary boys soccer team headed to the provincial "A" school championships in Rossland last weekend to battle for the top small school honours.

Canada's halfpipe team stayed home for the World Cup opener at Saas-Fee, Switzerland last week, as did the U.S. team, leaving Europe and Asia to battle it out for the first medals of the post-Olympic season. On the men's side it was Norway's Tore-V.

North Vancouver's Drew Neilsen announced the end of a 14-year snowboardcross career last week, as well as his intention to stay involved in the sport as the new technical coach for the Canadian Snowboard Team.

The cross-country ski season at Ski Callaghan will get underway as planned this Saturday, Nov. 13, but with less snow than hoped for. According to Lindsay Durno, director of Whistler Olympic Park, roughly 3.

Team relay and ultra run coming to Whistler for 2011

Early bird XC passes available until Nov. 15

Season kicks off Nov. 25-27