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Tekara Banser and team alternate Jennah Smailes of Kelowna and Prince George biathletes Claire Lapointe and Emily Dickson are Canada Winter Games champions after they won the women's 3 X 6-kilometre relay Friday.

As Finance Minister Mike de Jong told it during the budget briefing this week, the key to the B.C. Liberal government success in containing health care spending was two-fold: reining in program costs and reining in labour costs.

A woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking in relation to a drug bust in South Fort George 19 months ago.

Sarah Beaudry of Prince George cruised to a 15th-place finish Thursday in her opening race at the world junior biathlon championships in Minsk-Raubachi, Belarus.

British Columbia's undefeated streak in men's curling at the Canada Winter Games came to an end Thursday night when Manitoba handed B.C. a 6-5 loss in semi-final play at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club. The loss was not only B.C.

Even from his office in Calgary inside the nation's first indoor ice oval, speed skating star Mike Marshall is proud of what's happening in Prince George.

Ontario and Manitoba will play for ringette gold at the Canada Winter Games. In semifinals held Thursday at the Coliseum, Ontario skated to a 4-3 overtime decision against Quebec, while Manitoba downed New Brunswick 7-4.

Alpine skiing 10 a.m. Women's ski cross - elimination, quarter finals, semi finals, finals Tabor Mountain Ski Resort Biathlon 10 a.m. Women's 3 x 6 km relay - finals 1 p.m. Men's 3 x 7.5 km relay - finals Otway Nordic Centre Men's curling 9 a.m.

Team Ontario is back in familiar territory at the Canada Winter Games. It will play for gold for the seventh time in Canada Games history, repeating a pattern the team has followed ever since women's hockey was introduced in 1991.

In a familiar scenario at these Canada Winter Games, Quebec skaters ruled the short track on Thursday. When medals were presented at Lakewood Dental Arena for the 1,000-metre distance, all six of them went to athletes from Quebec.