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Venue change made for Para-Nordic Skiing Championship opening ceremonies

The opening ceremonies of the World Para-Nordic Skiing Championships have been moved indoors.

The decision was mainly due to the -30 temperatures Prince George has experienced over the past 10 days as festivities have been transferred to the PG Conference and Civic Centre from Canada Games Plaza.

Kevin Petterson with the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club believes the venue change won’t take away from the celebration.

“We’ll have just as much magic indoors as we had planned for outdoors. We see this as a good way to make sure we’re taking care of our guests and not putting them through any undue stresses or anything like that.”

The ceremony is now at 7 pm, pushed back an hour from its original start time outdoors.

Pettersen tells My PG Now they were prepared for the elements.

“We were taking into consideration the athletes who have to compete for the next day but also the spectators, volunteers, guests and everything like that. We made the decision early to move it indoors.”

Athletes from 19 countries are scheduled to participate beginning Saturday running thru until Feb. 24th at the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club on Otway Road.

 

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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