Canmore

An overabundance of local gymnastics equipment is getting a new home in Central America.

The Eagles look to reset at home starting this Friday against the Camrose Kodiaks.

“I think I can bring good leadership skills and elevate the team and bring in some of my puck handling and energy to kind of help benefit the team on offence and then off the ice like being a good role model for kids in the organization that look up to the team and just a be good person, hard working player to be around.”

Another Canmore athlete is off to Beijing.

The municipalities of Banff and Canmore have been in conversations on the potential for support of each other for emergency fire response and other essential services, if required, due to staffing issues associated with COVID-19.

“I have a lot of emotions right now I guess. I don’t know how to describe it. It’s like anxiety, frustration – there’s a lot of things going on, but that’s part of high performance sport."

“Given the COVID-19 rates in the valley, we remain deeply concerned with the increasing numbers and our capacity to keep classes and schools open for your children, due to staffing shortages," said CRPS superintendent Chris MacPhee.

Canmore's Krissy Scurfield is one of 30 Canadian athletes selected for Future Olympian funding through the RBC Training Ground.

A former Eagles captain's sweet goal caused some buzz at ESPN.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told the new minister responsible for Parks Canada, Steven Guilbeault, that he must invest in existing national parks and create new ones, and the new tourism minister, Randy Boissonault, to develop a national trails tourism strategy.