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The Canada Winter Games will soon come to an end but it's only the beginning as far as Tabor Mountain Ski Resort is concerned. Indeed, the calendar is filling up thanks to the new snow cross track at the hill, 15 minutes east of the city.

B.C. has earned the right to play for fifth place tonight in the Canada Winter Games men's hockey tournament but it took a determined comeback Friday afternoon for the host team to grab that straw.

Thirty-three seconds. That's all the overtime it took for Jansen Harkins to score on Seattle Thunderbirds goalie Taran Kozun to give the Prince George Cougars a 5-4 win Friday night in Seattle.

The Prince George Spruce Kings have put themselves in position to overtake the Langley Rivermen for second place in the B.C. Hockey League's Mainland Division.

Their first trip to the Canada West post-season ended in the minimum number of games. Friday night in Vancouver, the UNBC Timberwolves fell 88-78 to the UBC Thunderbirds in Game 2 of a best-of-three men's basketball playoff series.

If getting there is half the battle, consider Team Ontario's work in the Canada Winter Games men's hockey tournament 50 per cent complete.

As an energy-producing province, Alberta's oil is the driving force.

With the Canada Winter Games winding down, the Prince George Spruce Kings return to the comforts of home for games tonight and tomorrow night at the Coliseum, their final two games of the regular season.

Team Nunavut has come farther than any other team to the Canada Winter Games in Prince George.

Ontario and Nova Scotia finished at the top of their respective pools in Canada Winter Games women's curling. As their reward, they get byes into tonight's semifinals, set for 7 at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club.