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It's a temporary home, and it won't have a dome. This Canadian Football League season, the B.C. Lions will play their home games at Empire Field, a 27,500-seat facility located on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds.

The Prince George 16-and-under Kodiaks nearly sunk their teeth into gold at last weekend's club volleyball provincial tournament in Abbotsford.

Six local minor hockey stars have put themselves in contention to skate for Team B.C. at the 2011 Canada Winter Games. Chase Witala, Raymond Grewal, Josh Connolly, Kirk Hards, Jake LeBrun and Jared Young will all attend a Hockey B.C.

They watched one of their teammates fall to a potentially serious injury. That was all the motivation the Prince George Thunderbirds needed.

Former UNBC athletics director Len McNamara reacts to last week's CIS decision

Rodeo Top-three results of B.C. High School Rodeo Association events held over the weekend at Exhibition Park. B.C. Wranglers junior high Girls breakaway Saturday: 1. Lane Wills, Quesnel, 5.13 seconds Sunday: Mackenzie Wills, Quesnel, 12.

Len McNamara said the writing was on the wall that UNBC was shifting its focus away from athletics when president Don Cozzetto resigned in June 2008, less than two years into a five-year contract.

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys. KC Spiers is glad his mom didn't let one bad day at a rodeo two years ago in Vernon keep him away from bull riding for too long.

As a travel agent, Karren Moore has visited England and knows her way around a tube station. As a tourist in the old country, the furthest thing on her mind was the thought of using her hands and feet to punch and kick a total stranger.

LINEUP CARD COLUMN Pick your headline. "Bubba Burns Canucks." "Buffy Slays Canucks." Whichever one tickles your wordsmithing fancy, chances are what happened on the ice on Wednesday night didn't surprise any Prince George hockey fan.