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Dante Barbaro was playing arch-rival Drumheller when he experienced the hit.With five seconds left in the football game, lined up in a defensive three-point stance, a Drumheller player went offside and crashed into him.

BOW VALLEY - Managing human use as a way to provide a safe and secure habitat for wildlife such as grizzly bears in the busy and developed Bow Valley is a key recommendation in a highly anticipated report.

CANMORE – The Rotary Club of Canmore has recently been involved in an initiative to build houses in Mexico in an effort to teach skills to youth, build community, and give back.

BOW VALLEY – The provincial government has moved swiftly to cut school superintendents’ salaries across the province, including slashing Chris MacPhee’s annual base salary by $46,000.

EDMONTON – The Rocky Mountain Outlook took home nine awards, including best overall newspaper for its size, at the Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association’s annual awards event, June 1.

CANMORE – A stop-work order issued to the Friends of Kananaskis Country is expected to be lifted this week by Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) after the non-profit organization put together a health and safety program for its volunteers.

CANMORE – Canmore’s Young Adult Network hopes to help foster a sense of community for people aged 18 to 35, and to do that the group has gotten organized.

BOW VALLEY - The province is hiring more seasonal staff to help educate and enforce rules such as keeping dogs on leash and people out of closed areas.

MORLEY - The sounds of the Tragically Hip echoed through Nakoda Elementary School on May 31 as students from the school sang songs and paid tribute to the band's front man, Gord Downie, who was a passionate advocate for Indigenous rights and reconcil

The BCHS Bears rugby girls beat their counterparts from Springbank Community High School 92-0 to win the zone title and assert their dominance in the sport, May 31.