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Canmore writer Jeff Gailus and his book The Grizzly Manifesto: In Defence of the Great Bear have found their way onto the top 10 list for the Alberta Readers’ Choice Award (ARC).

Emily Nishikawa emerged as the skier to beat early on at the Canadian cross-country ski nationals, winning her second gold medal in as many days on Sunday, March 13. Nishikawa won the five kilometre free skate in 14:45.

Canmore Special Olympian Shane Stewart is once again bound for the Canadian national championships.

It’s a Monday night and Tristan Tafel is stuck in a van somewhere in British Columbia. Crammed in with ski cross team members, groceries and gear, there’s discussion about how to fit the vehicle and trailer into a tight driveway.

After many of the team’s 40 AJHL regular season losses this year, the Canmore Eagles repeated the same mantra: once we’re in the playoffs, we’ve got the talent to make some noise. However, the Brooks Bandits had another mantra: talk is cheap.

Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey have made Canadian cross-country ski history by winning Canada’s first-ever world championship gold medal.

Canmore’s Robby Balharry had such a thrill in claiming his first world cup podium in Calgary, he decided to do it twice. The globe-trotting snowboarder rode his way to double slopestyle silver at a world cup event in Calgary on Feb.

Bow Valley Athletes are cleaning up at the Canada Winter Games, including a record-setting four gold medal performance by biathlete Scott Gow. Gow was golden in the men’s 15-km, 12.5-km pursuit, 10-km sprint and 3x7.

For much of the season, the Canmore Eagles spoke of making the post season, where they planned to make a serious run at the AJHL championship.

Canmore has a new golden girl. Special Olympian Meg Ohsada captured double gold at the provincial winter games at the Leduc Rec Centre.