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LOVE OF THE GAME
People ask me a lot why I – a girl – play rugby. A game that appears to be so aggressive and brutal, a game for barbarians. That type of question is part of the reason that I love rugby – it allows people to rethink their assumptions about what it means to be a woman and to play rugby. It’s awesome watching the rookies join, totally unsure, asking themselves what they’re doing here. Not being able to run more than a lap or do push-ups. I watch them morph during the season...
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INDY AND MARLIN BILLINGSLEY show off the Halloween treasures they picked up Saturday at the Our Big Earth Halloween Costume Swap. The six- and four-year-old Comox kids were among many children who were at the Comox Community Centre for the first-time event. PHOTO BY MARK ALLAN
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