PHOTOS: Cranbrook Bucks win 3-1 over Wenatchee Wild to kick off BCHL playoff series

The Cranbrook Bucks won 3-1 over the Wenatchee Wild on Friday (March 31) in Game 1 of the first-round BCHL playoff series between the two teams. Trevor Crawley photo.
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A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support Doreen Koch, 92, of Lumby, who has spent over $100,000 in legal fees fighting for the right to own her property after her son signed a contract to sell the property before dying of liver failure in 2020. (GoFundMe photo)

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Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Ezequiel Carrera makes a diving catch to rob Minnesota Twins’ Trevor Plouffe of a hit in the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, May 20, 2016, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Ezequiel Carrera makes a diving catch to rob Minnesota Twins’ Trevor Plouffe of a hit in the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, May 20, 2016, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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Gareth Rees, commercial and program relations for Rugby Canada speaking at the announcement alongside Langford Mayor Scott Goodmanson and Rugby Canada men’s team member Jake Thiel. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

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      Two hundred and fifteen pairs of children’s shoes are placed on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery n Vancouver on Friday, May 28, 2021, as a memorial to children who did not return from residential schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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