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For 99 per cent of the day, Brady Leman was the fastest man at Nakiska. It’s the last one per cent that left him gutted, Saturday (Jan. 23).

Two Banff Alpine Racer alumnus got a taste of Austria’s legendary Kitzbuehl as member’s of Canada’s national team, as Trevor Philp and Erik Read both had strong runs.

Fulfilling her monumental goal to soar with the best in the country, Canmore’s Jane Gray skated her way to an 11th-place finish, Saturday (Jan. 23) in Halifax at the 2016 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships.

It’s been 10 years since Dan Roycroft made his Olympic debut in Torino, but the retired cross-country skier turned back the clock, sprinting to victory in the Lake Louise to Banff Loppet and relay Sunday (Jan. 24).

A spicy mix of veteran leadership and youthful flare punctuates Canada’s world cup team on the eve of the BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon in Canmore, which runs Feb. 1-7 at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

Every season, student players from across the globe uproot from the familiarity of their family and lifestyle to pursuit a calling at the Banff Hockey Academy.

It was really fast, and really fun. That’s how Canmore skimo racer Michelle Katchur Roberts described Canada’s first-ever skimo sprint event which took place at Castle Mountain Resort in the southern Alberta Rockies on Jan. 9.

Right before Christmas, the good ship Canmore Eagles appeared to spring a leak, as it appears the strongest team in years was in need of some patchwork before the playoffs. Help was on the way, the AJHL team stated, and the slump would soon subside.

Canmore’s Maya MacIsaac-Jones and Dahria Beatty posted the best world cup results of their career as the cross-country ski sprint duo finished 31st and 32nd, Saturday (Jan. 16) in Planica, Slovenia.

Rosanna Crawford and Nathan Smith led Canada’s biathlon team through tough conditions in Ruhpolding, Germany, Sunday, squeezing out a pair of top-20 results before the world cup lands in Canmore (Feb. 1-7). On Saturday (Jan.