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Pat Harris couldn't stop smiling as he wheeled through the forest on Tabor Mountain last Friday. The aroma of pine wafted through the crisp, fall air as gold-coloured leaves scattered the 450-metre trail.

Fun was the name of the game in back-and-forth action Saturday at CNC. And there was some seriousness too, with the training of officials for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

The Prince George Golf and Curling Club has enough funds in its piggy bank to pay for the cost of replacing its ice plant. In early September, workers tried to fire up the compressor which chills the pipes in the curling rink.

The Prince George Cougars' top defenceman is back. Marc McNulty, 19, who has spent the last few weeks at the Detroit Red Wings camp, was reassigned to his junior team Monday.

For the eternal optimist riding the Prince George Cougars' bandwagon, the good news from Kennewick, Wash., Sunday night was the Cougars played shutout hockey for 27 minutes 38 seconds against the Tri-City Americans.

If there's one word to describe UNBC's women's basketball team, it's young. Head coach Sergey Shchepotkin said his squad is "super young.

The Kelly Road Roadrunners kept it close for one half. But after the intermission there was no stopping the Duchess Park Condors.

The UNBC Timberwolves came close, but not close enough on the soccer pitch in Abbotsford on the weekend.

When Don Hubbard crossed the Mad Moose Marathon finish line after falling short of his goal of completing a 63-kilometre ultra-distance off-road race, he expected his wife Wendy Wagner to be there to greet him.

After weeks of practice, Vaggelis Loukas finally got his first taste of university men's basketball Saturday night.