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Smooth as a baby's bum. Like skating on glass. Nico Hiller can't remember a time when ice conditions at the outdoor Exhibition Park oval were any better and with only a few days before his hometown plays host to the B.C.

When the Prince George Cougars signed Patrick Gora last week to play as a goalie, point production wasn't one of the assets the Cats had in mind when they pried him away from the junior A Camrose Kodiaks.

One thousand one hundred seventy-four highway kilometres separate Prince George, the northernmost outpost in the Western Hockey League and home of the Cougars, from Portland, Ore.

Another new face will be in the Prince George Spruce Kings lineup when they face off against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks Thursday at the Coliseum.

He may have grown up in the land Down Under, but Rhys Elliott is feeling right at home in northern B.C. Elliott, in his first year on the court with the UNBC Timberwolves men's basketball team, is getting a ton of playing time.

The Outdoor Ice Oval Society hopes Mother Nature works in its favour for the remainder of this week. That's because the oval is the host site of the B.C.

The Duchess Park Condors soared to another basketball title on the weekend, capturing the 2015 Mustang Classic in Kelowna. The senior girls squad, the top-ranked double-A team in the province, defeated host Immaculata 74-71 in the championship final.

Lavanna Laass and Grace Northrop from the Hart Judo Academy competed at the invitation-only Elite 8 national championships on the weekend in Montreal.

When the Prince George Scotiabank peewee female Cougars went looking for a goaltender this hockey season, Tessa Sturgeon was the only one who applied for the job.

It was an all Prince George affair Saturday to determine which team would advance to the B.C. high school senior girls curling championship.