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Charity basketball game in West Âé¶¹AV a slam dunk

More than 1,000 perishable food items were donated

A basketball game was played for a good cause at Constable Neil Bruce School in West Âé¶¹AV Thursday afternoon (Feb. 16).

It was a charity game between the Constable Neil Bruce School Grade 8 boys and girls team combined against a team made up of members of the Westbank First Nation, West Âé¶¹AV Indigenous Policing Services, RCMP officers and even former students.

The game was played in front of a full gynamsium of spectators.

Spectators at the event were asked to bring a non-perisable food item for the local food bank. In total, more than 1,000 items were donated.

The team made up of the Westbank First Nation, West Âé¶¹AV Indigenous Policing Services, RCMP officers and former students won the friendly game.

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Jordy Cunningham

About the Author: Jordy Cunningham

Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree
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