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Trey Thomas knows how it feels to go from almost being the goat to emerging as the playoff hero.

A 21-year-old man was killed early Saturday morning when he was ejected from pickup truck which rolled in a single vehicle accident on Highway 97 near Austin Road.

There will be a Game 3 after all. The Cariboo Cougars made sure of that Saturday night at Kin 1, handing the Vancouver Northwest Giants a 3-1 loss to force a third and deciding game in their B.C.

OSLO -- Canada's men's biathlon team scored an upset on Saturday, winning bronze for the country's first-ever world championship relay medal.

VICTORIA -- The wheels started falling off the Prince George Cougars' wagon in the third period.

With one last shot block, centre Mitch Williams and the Vancouver Northwest Giants knew they'd survived the storm.

Sarah Beaudry did not expect to have the lead Friday as she took the hand-off from Rosanna Crawford in the second exchange in the women's 4 X 6-kilometre relay at the world biathlon championship in Oslo, Norway.

The Duchess Park Condors defeated the Nanaimo Islanders 66-59 Friday and will play for ninth place at the B.C. triple-A boys basketball championship in Langley.

The LJ Contracting Cougars have done a lot more winning than losing this season. The objective now is to finish the year with five more victories. If they pull off that feat, they'll celebrate a provincial title on home ice.

The Special Olympics National Winter Games happens only once every four years. It was a golden opportunity for a group of Prince George athletes to compete last week in Corner Brook, Nfld.