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Strong goaltending, punishing defence and the best first line in the league. The Canmore Eagles are the hottest team in the AJHL’s southern division and have won six in a row after a pair of lopsided victories over the weekend.

Four straight losses have put the Banff Hockey Academy Bears in a position they haven’t been in since the first game of this season - under .500.

World cup races, world junior championships and more programming are all part of the Canmore Nordic Ski Club’s lofty goals for the 2015-16 season. “It would be great to have athletes make national teams, both on the Winsport and Canmore Nordic side.

n a game they didn’t expect to be in, in a location where they’ve never played, the Bow Valley Wolverines’ season came to an end in thrilling fashion on Saturday (Nov.

A mixture of medal chasing veterans and sharp-eyed rookies will lead Biathlon Canada’s strongest world cup team in years following two days of selection trials at the Canmore Nordic Centre Nov. 10 and 13.

Perched 10 feet above the Elevation Place floor, with a sea of mad climbing fanatics below him screaming mayhem, Eric Sethna contemplated a leap of faith.

On the heels of the World Anti-Doping Association’s independent commission into widespread doping in Russian sport, local athletes and officials are calling for greater punishment and investigations in their own sport.

A dogfight is on for the final two spots on Biathlon Canada’s world cup men’s and women’s team, with the final decision resting on Friday’s (Nov. 13) selection race at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

The Banff Hockey Academy Bears felt the thunder at home, losing 6-4 to the Stettler Lightning on Saturday (Nov. 7), while snapping a two-game win streak for the Rocky Mountain team.

Off to the team’s best start since “Drop it Like It’s Hot” was top of the charts (2004) and winners of four in a row, the Canmore Eagles cruised to a 6-3 laugher of a win over the Calgary Canucks on Tuesday (Nov 10) at Alex Kaleta Memorial Arena.