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The annual Canada Day Family Fun Run on July 1 showed a growing tradition among Canmore runners who support programming at the Nordic Ski Club.

After battle against barbaric marauders from down under, the Banff Bears men’s rugby team was licking its wounds last week in what can best be described as a good learning experience for rookie players.

Blink once and this speed demon on wheels is gone. A local U17 rider had a big weekend on the Alberta Cup circuit ahead of the Canadian National Championships in Quebec next weekend.

Supporting Olympians, paralympians and the Calgary-based Branch Out Neurological Foundation, the ATB Gran Fondo Highwood Pass ride rolls once again, Saturday (July 9) along Highway 40.

A year after it’s creation, the Code Red fitness program is putting the life back in Life Works gym.

It’s official. Canada’s competitive climbers are another step closer to the Olympics.

Running shoe prints and mountain bike treads imprinted the TransRockies Rundle’s Revenge mountain course this past weekend.

Seven Bow Valley Riptides swimmers will dive head first into this weekend’s Provincial Long Course Championship in Calgary (June 30-July 3).

The Banff Hockey Academy Bears have filled a chief coaching role for its girls program ahead of a landmark season for the club. Former NHL winger Mikko Makela was announced as the BHA women’s athletic director this week.

Three-time Olympian Ivan Babikov announced his retirement from cross-country skiing last week. The Canmorite will now focus on his new career as a coach with the national ski team, Cross Country Ski de Fond Canada. “I’m extremely excited.