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If you're looking for a program to identify the participants from the host province in the 2015 Canada Winter Games, the Team B.C. website (teambc.org) has it.

As bleak as the month of January was for the Prince George Cougars, those long winter nights have worn even heavier on the heart of Zach Pochiro.

Wally Brown will never quite live it down. As a downhill skier in the inaugural Canada Winter Games in 1967, Brown was well on his way to a solid slalom run that might have had him heading for the medal podium.

The 2015 B.C. women's curling champions will be rocking the house this Sunday at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club.

The Duchess Park Condors are shooting for a top-two finish this weekend at the north central junior girls basketball zone championship. The Condors, who finished third last year, will be on the court at D.P.

Youth bowlers will be aiming for strikes and spares at the YBC zone 8 championships this Sunday. Black Diamond Lanes is hosting the five-pin bantam girls, junior girls and senior girls competitions, in addition to the junior boys.

Team B.C. has its sights set on a top-three finish in the overall standings at the 2015 Canada Winter Games. That was the prediction made by the team's chef de mission Rob Needham Tuesday in a conference call with media.

The Prince George Spruce Kings lottery home is skating on thin ice. With six weeks left before the March 19 draw date, there are still 3,500 tickets ($100 each) remaining. The Spruce Kings are a community-owned team in the B.C. Hockey League.

Fred and Jack made a name for themselves all across Western Canada and the U.S. last summer and fall using natural horsepower. They even earned the nickname The Country Gentleman and were stars of the show at the BCNE in Prince George last August.

Three wins in three games equaled a trip to provincials for Colten Vriesendorp and his curling team. Not bad for a squad who'd only been together since last fall and had to travel out of town for the first half of the season just to practice.