Happy holidays from the news team!

The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George says the ice making process will start at a couple of rural rinks this week. At the start of this month, the Regional District announced ice-making would be indefinitely suspended at the Robson Valley Recreation Centre in McBride and the Canoe Valley Recreation Centre in Valemount.

Recap of local and national sports.

Next action for the Cougars is a mini two-game American road swing through Seattle (3-4-0-0) and Tri-City Friday and Saturday.  

The College of New Caledonia is still on the prowl for poop. Bear poop, that is. Researchers at the College have been collecting the feces to study the samples, with the main goal of seeing what's going on with the bears in Prince George, and potentially mitigate conflicts with bears. 

Prince George is gearing up to host the 2025 Lheidli Classic Indigenous Basketball Tournament next month.The second edition of the tournament will welcome 14 men's teams and 6 women's teams to compete across three schools in Prince George: Cedars Christian School, Prince George Secondary School and Duchess Park Secondary.