Louise Blais has a passion for helping girls and women live their best life and was awarded the ProMOTION Plus Leadership Award at the BC Winter Games.

The torch is lit and flame is burning – the 2016 BC Winter Games in Penticton have officially begun.

“The No. 1 language everyone speaks is smiles.” It is what the Harlem Globetrotters Julian “Zeus” McClurkin said after large grins and laughter broke the ice with athletes during a surprise visit during a practice on the opening day of the BC Winter Games.

British Columbia's best young athletes, along with their coaches and officials have
gathered in the City of Penticton for the 2016 BC Winter Games.

Mountain resort near Penticton welcomes athletes and visitors

Speed skating dates back more than a 1,000 years from the frozen canals and waterways of Scandinavia and the Netherlands.