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The Alberta-champion Rocky Mountain Raiders will have no shortage of motivation when they step on the ice to play the Northern Capitals Friday afternoon at Rolling Mix Concrete Arena.

The Prince George Cougars are down to their last life in the WHL playoffs.

He was one of the most popular players in the history of the Canadian Football League. And he'll draw a crowd - a sellout one - at the Timberwolves Legacy Breakfast on Wednesday morning at the Northern Sport Centre.

Mathew Barzal showed it in the world junior championship over the Christmas break playing for Team Canada and on Saturday in Kent, Wash., the slick centre offered the Prince George Cougars a reminder. He's a world-class hockey player.

Kiana Wilkinson's first season playing university hockey did not end in victory, but it was nothing short of a success. The 18-year-old St. Mary's Huskies defenceman made an immediate impact with the Halifax-based team.

Jag Seehra of Prince George and 18 other B.C. athletes are in Quebec City this week preparing for the national boxing championships. Seehra, 25, is a three-time medalist at the national event, having won two bronze and one silver.

Never say die. The Prince George Cougars looked to be down and out, losing 2-1 to the Seattle Thunderbirds with only a half-minute left on the clock when Jansen Harkins decided it wasn't over yet Friday night in Kent, Wash.

Keanan St. Rose knew before the Western Canadian short track speed skating championships began he was the fastest of the fast among his provincial peers in the 13-year-old age group.

In a little more than five months, both UNBC Timberwolves soccer teams will be booting balls around the field, playing for points in the CIS Canada West Conference.

If you liked watching point guard Tyrell Laing light up the scoreboard with his long-range bombs and slice-and-dice layups this past season for the Prince George Polars, you're going to love the fact he's staying put in Prince George to play college