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The trails of Pidherny recreation site on the Nechako River cutbanks have long been an off-road paradise for mountain bike riders.

Even the Titanic was put to the test in sea trials before it set out on its fateful journey. The same cannot be said about Jennifer Pighin's dugout canoe.

The Prince George Spruce Kings will be sporting a new look next season with half the players on the roster new to the team.

After a three-year absence, the World Baseball Challenge is returning to Prince George, and organizers of the five-team international tournament have released the schedule.

Last year, they limped out of the playoffs bruised and battered, having defaulted, unable to gather enough able bodies to play the final game of the Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association playoffs.

Thatcher Demko is pencilled in as the Vancouver Canucks' goaltender of the future. Former Powell River Kings star, Prince George's Michael Garteig, wants to scratch him out and write in his own name atop that crease prospects depth chart.

They didn't win the game. In fact, most of their games at the provincial boys under-18 softball championship last weekend in Surrey ended in blowout losses.

Brothers Pat and Tim Turner thought they did everything they could to physically prepare themselves to race 715 kilometres in a canoe on the Yukon River and finish in 2 1/2 days.

Four hours racing in a canoe would be a daunting task for most people. Pat Turner is not like most people.

After manhandling the Quesnel Crossfire 16-3 in the opening game of the Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association playoffs, the two-time defending champion Westwood Pub Devils are one win away from their third straight trip to the final.