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Jared Goad has represented Nova Scotia at the last two Canada Games. In Halifax in 2011, he stuck mostly to the ground, winning gold in the floor exercise for artistic gymnastics. In Prince George, he’s going more vertical, competing on the trampoline. “I actually started in trampoline,” he said after Tuesday’s preliminary competition, where he qualified for the finals that evening. “Then I switched to artistic gymnastics for a few years. “I switched back to trampoline and then, when I knew...

Tuesday was another big day for Team BC’s cross country skiers as they posted five podium performances, that in addition to the three medals the team earned on Monday. Colin Ferrie of Kimberley won his first medal of the Games, skiing to gold in the 1.5km classic sprint. “I’ve never really thought of myself as much of a sprinter, always more of a distance skier,” said the 21-year-old racer. “So I was definitely really relaxed going into the race, not expecting too much, and I think in the...