One For The Home Side?

Halifax can claim at least a piece of one of the junior ice dance medals.
Ottawa's Sophie Knippel, who won the bronze with Matthew Doleman of Dundas, Ont., was born in the Nova Scotia capital.
Vanessa Crone of Aurora, Ont., and Paul Poirier of Unionville, Ont., won the gold, while the silver went to Barrie's Joanna Lenko and Mitchell Islam.
*** Edmonton's Aaron Van Cleave, who won the junior pairs bronze medal with Sarah McCoy of Calgary, didn't have much time to celebrate. Less than 2-1/2 hours after their pairs free skate, Cleave was due to hit the ice for the senior men's short program. That's a busy day.
*** Speculation is in overdrive among us media types about where this event is headed next year (the 2008 site will be announced Sunday). We pretty certain it's heading west after three years in the east. A few of us had Winnipeg (which last played host to Canadians in 2001) and its sparkling MTS Centre as the frontrunner, but we've since figured out curling's Brier is there next year. So scratch the Manitoba capital. Calgary held worlds just last year and Edmonton was the Canadians host in 2004. Hmmm, that means Alberta's probably out, too. Which makes us ask: Come Sunday, will it be hello B.C.?
*** It's a grey, rainy day outside (so much for that bitter cold. For today, anyways). Should mean a boom in sales for those Skate Canada-logoed sou'westers you can snap up for ten bucks inside the Metro Centre. No souvenir in this building says Nova Scotia quite like it.