‘Birds host Pandas for Canada West Final rematch - University of British Columbia Athletics

Panda is training for the BC Place Climb for Nature with a little help from legendary B.C. sports mascots

The odds were neck and neck on World Wildlife Day when our beloved panda mascot faced off against the BC Lions’ Leo the Lion in a highly anticipated rematch on the steps of Terry Fox Plaza outside BC Place, in Vancouver. The field of mascot competitors was steeper than last year with the Vancouver Whitecaps’ Spike the Belted Kingfisher and the Vancouver Canadians’ Bob Brown Bear getting in on the action, too. With the iconic stadium as the backd…

‘Birds host Pandas for Canada West Final rematch - University of British Columbia Athletics

For the second straight year and the third time in the last five seasons, the UBC Thunderbirds will face the Alberta Pandas for conference supremacy with the best-of-three Canada West Final beginning Thursday, March 6 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.