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Before embarking on their annual Run for Rural Medicine on Sunday, the Prince George Road Runners Club took 26 seconds of silence to remember the victims in last week's Boston Marathon bombing.

Among the more than 47,000 runners who took part in Sunday's Sun Run in Vancouver were a trio of athletes from Vanderhoof.

Four Prince George basketball players selected to play in the annual B.C. boys and girls high school basketball all-star games Sunday at the Langley Events Centre.

Fort St. James forward Dallas Goodwin celebrated a championship Sunday after his Flyers defeated the Canucks in the final game of the 2013 male under-16 B.C. Cup, earning a 4-3 shootout win at the Shaw Centre in Salmon Arm.

Brad Rihela has left the Prince George Spruce Kings as he graduates from assistant to head coach.

Shelby Jansen sprinted to the finish line to capture the 400m dash title on the weekend at the third annual Battle of the Borders high school track and field meet in Kamloops.

Call them the Fab Five of Prince George. The UNBC Timberwolves women's soccer team has received commitments from five members of the PGYSA under-18 Kodiaks team to join the T-wolves for the 2013 CIS season.

A little bartering has given Steve Taylor an opportunity to compete in the inaugural Mountain Cross competition Sunday.

The changes continue for the Prince George Cougars after another disappointing season. Wade Klippenstein tendered his resignation from the Western Hockey League club after serving six years in a variety of positions in management and coaching.

Prince George marathoners Steve Martin, Tanya Carter and their spouses managed to leave Boston early Friday morning while the rest of the world was fixated on the manhunt in the city.