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Matthew Mitchell skates to top-10 finishes at World Cup in Italy

Local speedskater Matthew Mitchell took the Junior World Cup circuit 2025 by storm in Collalbo, Italy.

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Fort St. John’s Matthew Mitchell competed during the weekend’s Junior World Cup event in Collalbo, Italy (Fort St. John Speed Skating Club, Facebook)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Local speedskater Matthew Mitchell took the Junior World Cup circuit  by storm last weekend in Italy.

The Fort St. John native skated to a pair of top-ten finishes in his races, highlighted by an eighth-place finish in the 3,000 metres.

He, along with teammates Adam Buchwald and Alex Wood, finished seventh in the team sprint with a time of one minute, 28.2 seconds.

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He also placed 10th in the mass race final that took place on the event’s final day on Sunday, February 2nd.

Mitchell punched his ticket to Italy at the Neo-Junior/Junior Championships in December with podium finishes in the 1,500 and 3,000 metres.

“We are hoping he could hear us cheer him on all the way from FSJ,” read a post on the Fort St. John Speed Skating Club’s Facebook page.

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They implored Mitchell to “go hard, stay low and turn left”.

Mitchell will also compete at next weekend’s World Junior Long Track Championships from February 7th to 9th in Collalbo, Italy.
Further details about the Fort St. John Speed Skating club can be found at their website or Facebook page.

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Ed Hitchins

A guy who found his calling later in life, Edward Hitchins is a professional storyteller with a colourful and extensive history.

Beginning his journey into journalism in 2012 at Seneca College, Edward also graduated from Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism in 2018.  After time off from his career and venturing into other vocations, he started his career proper in 2022 in Campbell River, B.C.

Edward was attracted to the position of Indigenous Voices reporter with Energeticcity as a challenge.  Having not been around First Nations for the majority of his life, he hopes to learn about their culture through meaningful conversations while properly telling their stories. 

In a way, he hopes this position will allow both himself and Energeticcity to grow as a collective unit as his career moves forward and evolves into the next step.

He looks forward to growing both as a reporter and as a human being while being posted in Fort St. John.

This reporting position has been funded by the Government of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative.

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