The show must go on! And it did, using the new Zoom software society has resorted to during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. That was the method to communicate used by students who normally perform before adjudicators during Kootenay Festival of Arts. The event was to have been held in early April. However, the COVID-19...

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 2020 Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 13th via video conference, dealing with a number of topics including ongoing Return to Play planning and protocols. The KIJHL's 20 teams are looking forward to getting back on the ice and are working towards a planned...

To ensure the health and safety of student-athletes, the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) season will not begin its regular season any sooner than January 2021. At last week’s annual general meeting, the Selkirk College Saints and other member teams decided that safety concerns related to the COVID-19 ...

The BC Intercollegiate Hockey League announced Thursday that the 2020-21 regular season won't start any sooner than January 15, 2021 due to safety concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.  "We are working closely with BC Hockey, our member institutions, our home arenas and our travel partners to ensure we return to action...

British Columbians will be able to get back to playing sports sooner with the Province’s action to protect amateur sport organizations from COVID-19 liabilities, provided they are complying with public health orders and provincial sport guidelines. Government has created a ministerial order that protects amateur sport...

As Western Canada continues to work through the ongoing impact of COVID-19, university sport will look very different this fall across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba a media release said on the Canada West website Monday. Canada West announced Monday that no conference competition (regular season,...

The following is a statement on behalf of Hockey Canada from Tom Renney, chief executive officer, and Scott Smith, president and chief operating officer, on the return-to-hockey process in Canada. “On March 12, the decision was made to cancel all Hockey Canada-sanctioned activities across the country. This was a difficult...

Well it’s been a long haul, but we’re happy to report that starting in June we will begin to take clients out again.   With new protocols in place and safety as our number one priority, we are all looking forward to it. Small groups is what we specialize in. So this will be right up our alley. Through all the down time, we ...

By Emanuel Sequeira, KIJHL Communications Manager The dream to play professional hockey in Europe was planted in Shawn Campbell’s mind while he watched his father Scott in Germany. Scott spent 13 years with six professional hockey teams in Germany after a four-year career with Colorado College in the National Collegiate...

Even in these highly unusual times, Selkirk College Saints head coach Dave Hnatiuk has managed to bolster the program’s roster with talented recruits who are eager to start their post-secondary journey. The former assistant coach with the University of Regina Cougars, Hnatiuk took the reins of the Selkirk College program last...