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    Victoria, Vancouver To Co-host 2019 World Junior Hockey Championship

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 01 Dec, 2016 01:41 PM
      Vancouver and Victoria will welcome the world's top under-20 hockey players in 2019 when the cities co-host the world junior hockey championship.
       
      Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced the tournament's return to British Columbia today in a joint statement.
       
      Canada will host the world championship for the 13th time in 2019.
       
      B.C. last hosted the tournament in 2006 in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops.
       
      The 2017 championship, co-hosted by Montreal and Toronto, kicks off Dec. 26.
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