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When Jennifer Germann sprints through the snow during a race, she thinks about freedom. That's her key word that gets her to the finish line.

From last to first, Team B.C.'s climb to Canada Winter Games biathlon gold Friday morning on the slopes of Otway Nordic Centre was a roller-coaster ride of epic proportions. One that left four girls from B.C. stuck at the top.

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Juk turns heads at gymnastics competition

Team Alberta had Ben (Machine Gun) Churchill knocking 'em down on the range but it couldn't surpass the 1-2-3 biathlon efficiency of the Quebec artillery.

Audrey Belzile whacked a rebound out of midair 9:18 into overtime to give Team Quebec the golden goal it needed and a 2-1 victory over Team Ontario.

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.