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Steve Jackson knows he can count on his friends in the stock car racing world to help him out of a jam. For the past two-and-a-half years he's been trying to launch the Northern Outlaw 4s pro mini racing series in northern B.C.

The up-and-coming stars of equestrian sports - human and horse - will be vying for spots on the B.C. Summer Games team this weekend at the North Central B.C. CADORA show-jumping dressage and hack show at Exhibition Park.

For 34 hours this weekend, ultimate frisbee players across Canada will join forces on the field of play in the Great Canadian Ultimate Game. The coast-to-coast event starts today at 2 p.m. PT in St. John's, Nfld.

Keegan Craik has officially joined the Prince George Cougars. The six-foot-one, 155-pound forward signed a player agreement with the Cougars earlier this week, having been picked in the fifth round of the 2016 bantam draft, 97th overall.

The B.C. Taekwon-Do Cup is expected to bring 250 competitors to Prince George this weekend. The tournament, being hosted by Family Taekwon-Do, will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday at Duchess Park secondary school.

The news took Jordan Boudreau by complete surprise. In a good way. Boudreau, a 39-year-old Prince George resident, will represent Canada at the International Taekwon-Do Federation Pan American Championships, June 18-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Most of the guys who play baseball for the Lomak Midget Knights are still too young to vote.

The Prince George Cougars have another reason to watch the Saskatoon Contacts play next season in the Saskatchewan triple-A midget hockey league.

After cancellation last year, the World Baseball Challenge is scheduled to step back to the plate this summer. But for the tournament to actually happen, chairman Rick Pattie said $100,000 in cash must be raised before Aug. 12, opening day.

Paul Collard watched the high-water hijinx of last year's Northern Hardware Centennial Canoe Race and decided there should be a warm-up event to get paddlers ready for this year's race.