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Rundle Mountain Cycling Club veteran Simon Dove won the solo 40-plus men’s category, while Matt Hadley finished seventh overall in the open men’s division, as several Bow Valley riders followed the SingleTrack 6 race to the Okanagan.

Another product of the Banff Hockey Academy is making the jump to junior A. Logan Milliken of Canmore has signed with the Wenatchee Wild of the BCHL for the upcoming season.

With much of his team attending Devon Kershaw and Kirsten Stoermer-Stiera’s Norwegian wedding and with cuts to training camp budgets, Canmore’s Ivan Babikov turned to friend and former countryman Ilia Chernousov for an intense, four-day training camp

Without ropes, it may be the most dangerous trail run in the Rocky Mountains. Twenty-five kilometres atop the 11-headed crest of Rundle, 3,100 metres of elevation gain full of talus and crinodial grindstone, Rundle Ridge is the stuff of legends.

Neo Gleason has shown Alberta he’s not just a force to be reckoned with in the pool. Gleason finished fifth at the Youth Triathlon Nationals in Magog, Que., solidifying his ranking as one of Canada’s brightest prospects in the sport.

In the midst of a breakout season, the Canmore Cohos kept enough in the tank to put on a dazzling swimming display for their hometown crowd, breaking eight club records in the process and winning an incredible 50 medals at Elevation Place on Saturday

The countdown to Canmore’s first biathlon world cup has begun, as the provincial government has provided $650,000 in funding to support the Bow Valley event.

If you’re reading the classic print edition of this story, there is a good chance you’re spoiled with opportunity for adventure outside your door.

Canmore has won the right to host the 2017 Canadian Cross Country Ski National Championships, which will bring 650 athletes and 75 clubs to the Bow Valley for 10 days of ski racing.

Canmore Illusions boys gymnastics coach Kelly Mock recently returned from the 2015 PanAm Games in Toronto following a thrilling stint as a judge and apparatus secretary.