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The Cariboo Cougars are looking to lock up a playoff spot this weekend as they head out on the road for their final trip of the regular season.

After seven days of Olympic competition in Sochi, Norway is tied with the United States atop the standings with 13 medals. Of that medal total, Norwegian cross-country skiers have hauled in three gold, one silver and four bronze.

The start to Friday's Olympic biathlon 15-kilometre individual race in Sochi, Russia, was nightmarish for Megan Heinicke. Five shots, three misses, and three minutes in penalties added to her time.

In 18 seasons of playing in the B.C. Hockey League, the Prince George Spruce Kings have never raised a banner to the rafters of the Coliseum. Leave it to the first-place Langley Rivermen to rain on that parade.

For 87 years, dating back to its time as the Prince George men's bonspiel, the Kelly Cup has been the showcase men's curling event at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club.

Haydn Molcak's electrifying slam dunk three minutes into the second quarter gave the D.P. Todd Trojans a lead they never gave up on the way to a 98-58 victory in Wednesday's City League senior boys basketball final.

As soon as they crossed the finish line, Canmore skiers Paul Dupuis and Sebastien Dandurand collapsed in motionless heaps, wheezing, coughing and sputtering.

He has sparred with Georges St-Pierre, the most famous mixed martial arts fighter in the world. For any up-and-coming MMA athlete, that's the stuff of dreams. But, these days, Kajan Johnson is all about reality. Reality TV, that is.

Prince George athletes were fast on their feet during the Special Olympics B.C. Snow Sports Festival, held on West Kelowna's Crystal Mountain last weekend. Nine of them participated in snowshoeing and 10 were on the cross-country ski trails.

Success on the ice means job security for the head coach of the Prince George Spruce Kings. The B.C. Hockey League team announced Wednesday it has signed Dave Dupas to a two-year contract extension.