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Hockey is a perennial niche sport it’s less watched, less played, and less well understood than basketball, football, and baseball but it will always have this over its competitors: it’s tougher.
Last October, when handing out the 2020 Stanley Cup, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman called it the hardest championship win in all of sports: “The gauntlet that you have to run to hoist this trophy is unbelievable.” For starters, between the regular season and the playoffs, teams have to play between ninety-eight and 110 games to win the Stanley Cup; in the NFL, the only other genuine contact league of the big four, teams play about a fifth of that number.
Prior to the start of inoculation, available for residents 18 years and older, First Nations Health Authority representatives will be holding a meeting outside the Ulkatcho First Nation Community Hall Tuesday morning to help individuals make an informed decision on the benefits and risks associated with the vaccine. The first of two doses will be offered to Indigenous elders first, followed by the remainder of Ulkatcho residents on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31. A second dose is required 28 days later. “I think it’s great it’s getting into the northern communities, and it’s important,” said Cariboo Regional District Area J director Gerald Kirby.