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Cleve Dheensaw

Cleve Dheensaw

Cleve Dheensaw has been covering sports for the Times Colonist since 1981. His more than 40 years of stories on Island athletes and events earned him induction into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 2020 as first inductee into the media category who spent his entire career outside the Vancouver market.

Cleve has followed Island athletes around the world. His range of stories — from Island players in the soccer and rugby World Cups to Silken Laumann, Steve Nash, Simon Whitfield in the Olympics and the legendary Gait twins in lacrosse — have captured an era in Island sport.

Cleve is also the author of six books about the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, B.C. lacrosse history and the history of sport on Vancouver Island.

A native of Vancouver Island, Cleve is a graduate of Victoria High School and the University of Victoria.

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Recent Work by Cleve

Commissioner Ambrosie brings 're-imagined' CFL to the Island

Commissioner Ambrosie brings 're-imagined' CFL to the Island

Touchdown Pacific goes Saturday at Royal Athletic Park
Victoria film company in Paris documenting Canadian basketball bid for Olympic glory

Victoria film company in Paris documenting Canadian basketball bid for Olympic glory

The Canadian men's basketball team will face host France — with NBA rookie-of-the-year Victor Wembanyama and NBA veterans Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier, Nicolas Batum and Bilal Coulibaly — in Tuesday's quarter-final game.
Floating opening ceremony in Paris recalls Victoria's unfulfilled 1994 plans

Floating opening ceremony in Paris recalls Victoria's unfulfilled 1994 plans

The original concept for the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games called for the opening ceremony to be held in the Inner Harbour on floating barges with bleachers
Canuckmania a boon to Island bars and pubs as NHL playoff buzz builds

Canuckmania a boon to Island bars and pubs as NHL playoff buzz builds

A rare Vancouver Canucks run in the NHL playoffs has ignited interest across the province
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