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While Sault Ste. Marie is home for the Brad Jacobs rink, the Olympic gold medal winning foursome may start thinking of Banff as a home away from home. Banff, you see, has been very good to Jacobs and his crew – third Ryan Fry, second E.J.

Notes Villages north of the Arctic Circle aren’t traditional stomping grounds for cross-country skiers, but Annah Hanthorn is about to change that. The 19-year-old from Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories (pop.

Good news, and possibly bad news, on the local curling front arose during the Pinty’s All-Star Curling Skins Game at Fenlands Recreation Centre last weekend (Jan. 16-18).

Notes In 1952, country legend Gene Autry sang of the Blue Canadian Rockies and how the shores of Lake Louise called to him across the ocean.

Bow Valley residents aren’t ones to hole up for winter, however, when it comes to recreational racing weekends, summer is still king.

Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game ended with a bang and big bucks in Banff's Fenlands Recreation Centre, Sunday (Jan. 18).

Canadian Olympic gold medallists Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs have earned berths in the finals of the Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game event at the Banff Curling Club, Sunday (Jan. 18). In semifinal action Saturday (Jan.

The John Morris rink walked off the Banff Curling Club ice $19,000 richer after Kevin Koe’s last shot in the eighth end of the Pinty’s All-Star Curling Skins Game went awry, Saturday (Jan. 17).

A true creature of her habitat, Okanagan Valley-born biathlete Julia Ransom believes a good race is like a fine wine. On Friday (Jan. 9), she uncorked one of her finest reserves.

Scaling limestone cliffs above warm, turquoise oceans was paradise found for Canmore’s Alison Vest.