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Jameson Jones remembers the first time the Cariboo Cougars visited him five years ago. He was a young patient at B.C. Children's Hospital undergoing treatment for brain cancer.

Work ethic trumps talent when talent doesn't work hard. The Kootenay Ice left Prince George Sunday afternoon with smiles on their faces knowing they gutted out a win over the top team in the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League.

Twenty-five wins, three losses and two ties. The Prince George Northland Dodge Cougars put the cap on a record-setting season Sunday in Langley, establishing the high-water mark for wins in the eight-year-old B.C.

Cold, cruel, bleak and utterly disappointing. Such was the month of January for the Prince George Cougars. The Seattle Thunderbirds made sure the Cougars remained in the depths of depression Saturday night.

Alyx Treasure put herself back in the NCAA track and field spotlight. Now in her senior year at Kansas State, Treasure won the women's high jump competition Saturday at the University of New Mexico Team Invitational meet in Albuquerque.

UNBC's men's basketball squad went on a 13-1 run in the final three and a half minutes of the game to defeat the visiting MacEwan University Griffins 81-65 Friday night at the Northern Sport Centre.

The Chilliwack Chiefs saved their best for last. Craig Puffer's goal 35 seconds into overtime lifted the Chiefs to a 4-3 win over the visiting Prince George Spruce Kings Friday night.

The Prince George Cougars were looking for a light, something to guide them out of that dark deep hole they had dug for themselves. As it turned out, the Seattle Thunderbirds offered no such salvation.

Justin Hampole will compete at his hometown Games after all. Hampole, who trains out of Prince George's Northern B.C. Centre for Skating, was one of 12 B.C. figure skaters named to the 2015 Canada Winter Games team Thursday by Skate Canada B.C.

Their hopes of playing in the NHL on Hockey Night in Canada are still a dozen or so years away from the realm of possibility but the reality is the Prince George Atomic Bruins are about to become TV stars. On Feb.