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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.

Enough curlers have signed for the roaring game to deliver a shortened season in Prince George for 2015.

Patti Knezevic is among a field of eight rinks who'll compete at the B.C. Scotties Women's Curling championship next month in Maple Ridge.

For the last couple years, Megan Heinicke has been the lone biathlete from B.C. competing on the international World Cup stage.

Northland Dodge Northern Cougars left-winger Ava Keis, a 17-year-old native of Quesnel, has signed a scholarship agreement to attend Nipissing University in Thunder Bay, Ont., next season. The Cougars are currently in first place in the B.C.

Throughout his storied career as a Western Hockey League head coach, Don Nachbaur has always looked forward to coming back to Prince George. It's not that he likes the 961-kilometre (one-way) bus trip from Spokane in winter driving conditions.