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CCHS Boys soccer coach Gary Anderson, the NFL hall of fame nominee, called it the most thrilling moment of his sports career. Striker Henrik Rathjan of Germany called it the biggest goal of his life.

For the first time since 2011, the Canadian Mountain Bike National Championships are coming to Canmore.

In a school with some of the most celebrated athletic alumni across the country, Zack Waldbauer and Tillie Heighington have captured Canmore Collegiate High School’s male and female athlete of the year awards.

In 2015, Nathan Smith’s steel-eyed mug was everywhere. Thanks to his historic 2015 world championships silver medal in Finland, gold medal performance in the 12.

The Bow Valley Roller Derby Lady Macs will ride again Sunday (June 12) at the Banff Fenlands Arena at 4 p.m.

The Canmore Collegiate Crusaders boys soccer squad is ready to defend its South Central Zone title this Friday and Saturday (June 3-4) at home after wrapping up another undefeated season.

The call came in over Kananaskis Emergency Services radio at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 26, 2015: Two male teens in critical condition; significant fall near Three Sisters; STARS requested. First responders described the scene as grim.

It’s part basketball, part soccer, part American football and part rugby – and it’s back in the Bow Valley thanks to a group of homesick Aussies.

Eight kilometres away from a new world record, an ominous thousand-yard stare was pasted on ultramarathon runner Dave Proctor’s face. He had just run 252 kilometres on a treadmill, and his body was screaming ‘enough.

What will the next section of the High Rockies trail linking Goat Creek to Elk Pass look like? What is the latest on the Long Loop – the newest trail at the Canmore Nordic Centre? Is it possible to help build backcountry trails? Answers to these and