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Nine years have passed since Chris Nolin won his last championship in the Prince George Ball Hockey League Open Division and he has expanded his horizons since he moved to Fort McMurray. Now he's intent on conquering the world.

The Prince George Cougars know all about the peaks and valleys of a long hockey season. Just last week they were riding a four-game winning streak when they rolled into Spokane.

The year 2014 was chock full of highlights for Prince George Track and Field Club members Geoff Martinson and Alyx Treasure and both received provincial recognition as a result.

If the rule that limits 15-year-old Justin Almeida to a maximum of five Western Hockey League games did not exist, chances are he'd be a regular in the lineup of the Prince George Cougars.

Chad Staley has been everything the Prince George Spruce Kings expected he would be when they named him team captain this season. He's a 20-year-old in his third B.C. Hockey League season and next year the native of Kennewick, Wash.

Bah humbug. Tyson Verhelst and the Spokane Chiefs made it painfully obvious to the Prince George Cougars they aren't in the spirit of giving, at least not yet, with Christmas still a week away.

When your last name is Playfair, Fort St. James will always be the family stomping grounds.

It's Polars versus Cougars. It's 1,500 screaming students, with their banners and drums at CN Centre. It's two high school hockey teams coming together in the name of giving.

The Duchess Park Condors are now the top-ranked double-A senior girls basketball team in the province. That's due to the squad winning an eight-team tournament at C.W. Graham secondary in Chilliwack on the weekend.

Enough curlers have registered, so the Prince George Golf and Curling Club will deliver a shortened season in 2015.