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March 27, 2023

Daily Digest – March 26, 2023 Three days of competition come to a close on Sunday with standing-room only at many competitions and loud applause as the final medals were presented and the presentation of the W.R. Bennett Award for Athletic Excellence. Click here to read about the W.R. Bennett Award recipient and a for … Read more

March 27, 2023March 26, 2023

Greater Vernon Bids Farewell Just under 1300 participants from across the province came together in Greater Vernon for the BC Winter Games March 23-26. The athletes, coaches, and officials, represent 84 of 87 provincial constituencies and came from 122 communities. Over the three action-packed days that began with an opening ceremony and included nearly 16,000 … Read more

March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

Langley karate athlete Derrick Cruz was presented with the W.R. Bennett Award for Athletic Excellence on Sunday in recognition of his outstanding achievements on and off the mat. The award recognizes one athlete at each BC Winter and BC Summer Games who demonstrates athletic achievement and leadership and includes a $2500 bursary. Sunday’s presentation was … Read more

April 13, 2023March 23, 2023

Games Get Underway in Greater Vernon with close to 900 athletes together with their coaches and officials ready to start competition on Friday!

March 23, 2023

Shown in the photo is Mitchell Robertson in his Judo uniform or "Judogi".

The Athletes Oath – Read by Mitchell Robertson Mitchell is a green belt at Lake Country Judo Club and has been doing judo for 5 years. He is always helping with the kids classes and truly epitomizes the “Jita Kyoei” (for mutual benefit and welfare) motto of Judo. He sets positive examples for the younger … Read more

March 20, 2023March 16, 2023

The BC Winter Games in Greater Vernon kick off in one week and over 1,300 of BC’s best emerging high performance athletes, coaches, and officials are set to be part of this celebration of sport and community from March 23-26.

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

In recognition of the partnership between the community of Quesnel and Lhtako Dene Nation, the BC Games Society has announced that the 2024 BC Winter Games will officially be named the Lhtako Quesnel 2024 BC Winter Games. The announcement marks the first time in the history of the BC Games that a city and First … Read more

February 7, 2023February 1, 2023

The BC Winter Games in Greater Vernon in partnership with VBS Apparel, the official merchandiser, are please to launch official merchandise for the Games taking place this March. The designs reflects the winter season, zones, sports, and Okanagan Indian Band and feature art by David Wilson Sookinakin’s (a Syilx Okanagan Nation artist and a member … Read more

January 25, 2023August 3, 2022

The Games don’t just happen. They are a multi-sport event that takes multiple years to plan and a broad and diverse team of people to see them to fruition. Communities like Prince George raise their hands and bid for the Games (up to seven years in advance), committing venues, financial support, and resources. School Districts … Read more

December 15, 2022April 13, 2022

Members of the community joined the Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games Host Society to celebrate the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony of the Games happening in Prince George this July.

The tagline for the Games is Spirit Lives Here – Njan tsen ghuna, and if this celebration is any indication, Prince George has a spirit that will continue to grow over the next 100 days. BC Games alumni were front and centre at the celebration, with Cody Bailey (2016 BC Summer Games – Golf) and Alyson Emberley (2020 BC Winter Games – Ringette) serving as torchbearers, Bobby Kelly (2018 BC Summer Games – Basketball) serving as emcee, and Zoe and Araya Spooner (2020 BC Winter Games – Ringette) performing.

“We are thrilled to invite the community to celebrate 100 days until Prince George welcomes BC’s best and brightest young athletes for the 2022 BC Summer Games,” says Prince George 2022 BC Summer Games President Renee McCloskey. “The City is excited about the Games, and we are seeing this through the early response to our call-out for Friends of the Games and volunteers. It takes a lot of community spirit and resources to pull off an event of this size. There are a lot of opportunities to get involved.”

The Host Society also announced that Cap-abilities has been named the official merchandise vendor for the Games. A limited-edition T-shirt was released to celebrate the 100 days out event. Only 100 of these T-shirts were printed. If you didn’t get your at the event, they can be purchased at Cap-abilities. Information about the official Games merchandise will be announced soon,, including details about the online store.

The Ignite the Spirit Torchinglighting Ceremony, was proudly sponsored by Canada Tire – Prince George.

You can learn more about getting involved as a volunteer or Friend of the Games at archive.bcgames.org.