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The slopes of Lake Louise and Nakiska near Calgary are home to Canada's national development ski cross team but it appears they've discovered a ski cross paradise a day's drive away at Tabor Mountain Ski Resort.

The 50/50 pot started at $25,000 and grew steadily through the night.

The Fraser Valley Thunderbirds defeated the Cariboo Cougars 4-2 Saturday afternoon at Kin 1 in Game 2 in the first round of a B.C. Major Midget Hockey League best-of-three quarter-final playoff series. The series is now tied at 1-1.

The Canadian Press KONTIOLAHTI, Finland -- Nathan Smith raced into the Canadian biathlon history book Saturday, capturing a silver medal in the 10-kilometre sprint at the world championships.

How hot are the Prince George Cougars right now? Hot enough to burn a tough playoff-bound Victoria Royals squad with a three-goal third period to cap an impressive 4-3 comeback victory over their Western Hockey League rivals.

Cole Todd scored the game-winner with less than two-and-a-half minutes left and Chad Staley added an insurance marker to lift the Prince George Spruce Kings to a 4-2 win over the Langley Rivermen Friday night at the Coliseum.

In a short race against the best in the world on the IBU Cup biathlon stage, a bad day on the shooting range can make for a miserable race. Such was the fate of Sarah Beaudry Friday in Canmore, Alta.

In case you didn't get to watch Lavanna Laass fight her way to a silver medal in judo at the Canada Winter Games, you can watch her quest for gold at the Pacific International tournament live on a computer screen on Saturday.

Bob Pegues is the president's choice. The longtime coach of the Inner City Boxing Club in Prince George has been selected a winner of Sport BC's Presidents' Award.

The Prince George Cougars have been winning often lately and that's given them a bit of breathing room in the Western Hockey League's playoff district.