Vancouver Island will be well-represented on the world stage at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with four members of the Canadian ski and snowboard team hailing from the island. Athletes like Spencer O'Brien, who was raised in Alert Bay and Courtenay, got her start on local mountains. Spencer O'Brien hopes her story will inspire another generation of ski and snowboard athletes from Vancouver Island. (Facebook)She is joined by Carle Brenneman, Cassie Sharpe and Teal Harle in ski and snowboard events in South Korea this month. "They could learn to ski or snowboard for free for the first couple weeks of the season and then gave them some follow up opportunities to come back and get involved."

Source: CBC News February 04, 2018 23:00 UTC