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“The competitive nature of our program was starting to drop off."

No sports? No problem. Registrations are heating up for virtual racing events and just in time for summer.

Over 40 ploggers picked up garbage around town during this year's modified event organized by Strides Canmore

Banff Hockey Academy is relocating to Dunmore, near Medicine Hat, for the 2020-21 season

“For myself, I was definitely looking to be involved in the [CRU] southern Alberta division this year, but as COVID developed and we got a real idea of just how far reaching and how challenging this was going to be, not just for Banff, but for all of Canada, it really became less plausible for us to put a team on the field."

“We’re hopeful that we can do it, it’s on Thanksgiving weekend … I’d imagine there would be some social distancing measures in place still, but we’d just have to follow the guidelines for whatever is mandated for us to actually execute the event in the safest possible way.”

“I understood why they didn’t allow golf to be instantly played once we were forced to all shut down, but to me it was absolutely the sport that could handle this because of the way it is. You can literally play a round of golf and not come in contact with another person within six feet quite comfortably."

After 90 world cups, 14 world championships and two Winter Olympic Games, Canadian cross-country skier Emily Nishikawa is trading her skis for a teaching degree

“When you got a goaltender of [Proctor-Ramirez’s] calibre and his development path, you have to jump on that.”

Some Bow Valley golf courses will be able to open within the next two weeks, while others will take a while longer to prepare, including those that still have snow on the fairways