Prince George, B.C.- Emily Dickson, the  Burns Lake born  biathlete,  now has a medal in each colour from the Canada Winter Games.

( at right,  l-r  Lellani Tam vonBurg, Emily Dickson and  Nadia Moser – photo Tammy Lucking)

She earned a  gold medal yesterday in the biathlon 10km pursuit , completing the medal set that started with a bronze, then a silver from  competitions earlier in the week.

Wednesday was a great day for  Prince George athletes, as Carolina Hiller of Prince George  and her team mates on the female  speed skating  team took silver in the women’s pursuit.  It was a bronze medal finish  for the team of Tony Proctor of Prince George and Emerie Watson of Quesnel in the compound archery event.

The move to the Pomeroy Sport centre for the Long Track speed  skating  proved to be golden  for  two  BC  speedskaters. Jacob Graham of Dawson Creek  won his 500 m race  at the oval, where he has skated many times before.  Sara Spence of Kamloops also  won gold for her top finish  in the females 500 m race.

Mel Pemble (Victoria) won silver in the para alpine slalom and  Leia Hoot (Kamloops) took silver in the target shooting air rifle event.