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You don’t need to solve the whole puzzle or have all the fragments and pieces fit together perfectly to enjoy Theatre North West’s production of The Secret Mask. It is so brilliantly done – thanks to a clever, heart warming script by Canadian playwright Rick Chafe and the skill of a very talented cast and crew – that an audience can discover their own solution to the puzzle. Or if they wish, have it remain a mystery. Such is the magic of live theatre. I would love to borrow...

Next time, it’s for real – sort of. On the weekend, the Prince George Gnats rugby team was in Jasper for a 7s tournament. “We’re normally a 15s team,” Per Dodenberg of the Gnats said, “but this was a warm-up for the season.” With only seven players per side, the 7s game is a lot faster, which is not the usual style for the Gnats, he says. “We like to play on the ground, keep it tight.” The good news for the Gnats was there were two divisions at the tournament – social and competitive. They...

Watch out for Rascals on the track on Saturday. The members of the Track Rascals, the 6 to 8 year olds in the Prince George Track and Field Club, will be taking part in the annual Sub Zero meet, which goes Saturday at Masich Place Stadium. There could be a lot of Rascals on the track for their one event, the 60-metre run. “The Rascals had been growing slowly,” coach Bill Masich said, “about three per cent a year. This season, it’s gone up by about 10 per cent.” That growth is reflected...

It started off small. “This was a family room,” Dan Gallo says, standing in a basement room in his house. “Then I started to get equipment to put in here. “I was lucky to have a wife who would put up with that.” Now, the room has one small couch, and is otherwise filled with training equipment, equipment with one purpose – arm wrestling. “I first started putting the room together 10 or 11 years ago. It’s really nice now, having the second (arm wrestling) table in here.” On this Tuesday...

Northern Development Initiative Trust’s pine beetle recovery account should continue to operate sustainably, and be used to fund strategic and highly impactful projects that help communities recover from the mountain pine beetle epidemic. That’s what the NDIT board heard from community leaders across central and northern B.C. during a meeting in Prince George this month focused on finding ways to optimize the use of the $23 million account. Representatives from each of the trust’s four...

Reigning three-time ACM Male Vocalist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year nominee Jason Aldean announces the 2015 extension of his Burn It Down Tour will include multiple Canadian dates. The Canadian leg of the tour kicks off in Toronto on September 17. Tickets will go on sale beginning Friday, May 8 at 10 a.m. Joining Jason will be special guests Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr and Dee Jay Silver. Jason Aldean recently released his sixth studio album OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT, which debuted at No....