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If it was up to Paul Collard, there wouldn't even need to be a vote to determine which B.C. city will win the right to host the 2010 Canada Winter Games.

Brett Connolly is starting to feel good again when he digs his hockey blades into ice. It won't take away that sinking feeling of a season almost completely lost to injury, but it's a positive sign Connolly is finally on the road to recovery.

The matchups are known and the stage is set for the Big Kahuna City League high school basketball finale. The No. 2-ranked Prince George Polars advanced to the girls final with a 72-58 win over the No.

From gas jockey and retired jock, to playing a regular shift in the Western Hockey League, Taylor Orser's career path has come full circle this season.

Told another Prince George resident secured tickets for the men's hockey final at the Olympics, and paid $1,100 apiece for four tickets, Gary Clarke sighed, then laughed.

Eight teams will be in the hunt, but only one will emerge as champion. The Kin Centre is the host site this weekend for the Sands Bulk invitational bantam tournament, with the Prince George Roga Contracting Cougars playing the role of home team.

Paul Collard has pulled a few teeth in his time as a Vanderhoof dentist but those routine duties in his full-time occupation hold none of the allure or prestige of the specialized task he's about to pull off at the 2010 Olympics.

If you haven't seen figure skater Denis Ten in action this week practicing in Prince George, better hurry. He's leaving for the Winter Olympics on Sunday, and after that the cost to watch him skate jumps significantly.

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They've waited in roller derby limbo since May and have been fine-tuning on the practice floor since September. Get ready Prince George, the Brain-Eating Bettys and Damned Dolls are just weeks away from their season-opening clash of the titans.