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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.

Friday's snowfall means conditions should be ideal for cross-country ski and snowshoe enthusiasts at Tabor Mountain on Sunday.

VANCOUVER - Ryan Miller wasn't ready face the Buffalo Sabres last season. After getting traded by the only NHL organization he had ever known, the veteran goalie was given the choice by the St.

Kenny Lally has always loved the idea of boxing for his country. He's done that several times before, fighting in such exotic locales as Kazakhstan, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Chile, Mexico and Germany.

Anthony Hokanson has joined the T-wolves' den. UNBC announced Thursday the Grade 12 recruit from Kitsilano secondary school has signed a commitment letter to join the T-wolves men's basketball team for the 2015-16 season.

The final combatants have been determined. The teams expected to advance to the Prince George High School Basketball City League championship games did exactly that Wednesday night in semifinal playoffs.

Ten years ago, Patti Knezevic played in the final of the women's provincial curling championship for the first time.

The Prince George Spruce Kings have already locked up a B.C. Hockey League playoff spot. But their hopes of gaining home ice advantage to start the first round of playoffs took a hit Thursday night in Langley, where they lost 3-2 to the Rivermen.