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When the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts begins on Feb. 21 at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, there will 48 stars on the ice and another 500 or so, working feverishly behind the scenes.

Marla Mallett of Vancouver has been a dominant curler on the B.C. scene for many years but too many times, for her liking, she has fallen short in the B.C. women's Scotties championship game.

Allison MacInnes of Kamloops remained perfect after five draws yesterday at the B.C. Scotties women's curling championship in Parksville.

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Single-draw tickets on sale today; goal of 100,000 tickets nearly reached

Six teams, including former B.C. junior women's curling champion Kristen Recksiedler of Richmond, will be gunning for the final spot into the B.C. Scotties Tournament of Hearts from today to Sunday at Juan de Fuca. Recksiedler, who won the B.C.

It has always been Julien Ellis's aim, as with just about every other goalie in the business, to have something in common with Roberto Luongo. Now Ellis does. But it isn't fame and a big-time contract. Not yet, anyway.

Canadian Tour event at Uplands changes dates, increases purse

Those who toil in the minor-pro ranks of sport are not exactly publicly recognizable figures outside their home-team market.

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