Sports

If winter’s got you down and you’re tired of being cooped up and out of shape for four months of the year, the Williams Lake Cross Country Ski Club is offering a chance to start enjoying winter instead of just surviving it.

When Williams Lake resident David Scheer got a phone call from his wife while he was at work, notifying him he’d been chosen to carry the Olympic Torch on Jan. 30 in Burns Lake, shock set in.

Five Williams Lake firefighters have been chosen to work in Whistler during the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games.

“Mr. O Canada” will return to Williams Lake to sing the national anthem at tonight’s Timberwolves game against the Quesnel Millionaires.

Williams Lake residents anxious to catch the Olympic spirit during community celebrations will have something else to cheer about.

Four of the hottest tickets in town will be raffled off to a lucky recipient on Jan. 28 at the Olympic Torch Relay Celebration.

The route the Olympic Torch will follow upon reaching Williams Lake on Jan. 28 has been officially released online.