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The Boston Bruins liked Jesse Gabrielle and his skillful bull-in-a-china-shop approach to patrolling the left wing enough to pick him in the fourth round of the 2015 NHL draft. Gabrielle grew up loving the big bad Bruins.

Tianna Pius' expectations for her soccer team this season are high. "I don't see any reason why we can't make the playoffs," said the junior midfielder with the UNBC women's soccer side. "We should be a force to be reckoned with.

Cariboo Cougars veterans are taking their best shots at earning spots in junior A or Western Hockey League lineups this week.

Fallon Jones sure likes competing at home. The 10-year-old from Prince George won the junior girls (10-and-under) overall high point title after competing at the 13th annual Tim Hortons B.C. Little Britches Rodeo at Nukko Lake on the weekend.

It's been 21 years since Prince George welcomed the best native fastball players in the country.

The New Ice Age Version 2 gets underway Wednesday. That's when Prince George Cougars veterans and 2015-16 prospects undergo fitness testing at UNBC.

They're friendly rivals on their road bikes and as it turns out, Tom Skinner and Kris Yip are also rivals on their mountain bikes.

Prince George will be the site of the 2016 Canadian Native Fastball championship. The Spruce City Men's Fastball League and Lenny's Selects won the bid to host the tournament on Friday.

Nav Parmar always promised himself that when the time came, he'd organize an event to honour his uncle. Surinder Mann died of heart failure last year and Parmar wanted to contribute to the Heart and Stroke Foundation in his memory.

Jake Jose's return to the motocross track on the weekend was a successful one.