By Sam Laskaris  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Sophie Grawbarger has some shiny new bling. And though the silver medal is not the colour she would have preferred, Grawbarger, a member of Garden River First Nation in northern Ontario, is pleased with her team’s second-place finish at the Canadian university women’s hockey tournament. Grawbarger and her University of Toronto Varsity Blues were downed 3-1 by Montreal’s Concordia Stingers in the gold-medal match at the nationals, which concluded March 17 in Saskatoon. “Even before the final game I was proud of myself and proud of my teammates for making it to the championship game,” said Grawbarger, who is a left winger. U of T had participated at the 2023 national tournament held in Montreal. Grawbarger and her teammates had entered last year’s

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