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One step backwards, two steps forward.

The 1965-67 Green Bay Packers did it. So did the 1999-2001 Manchester United squad, 1996-98 Chicago Bulls and 1976-78 Montreal Canadians.

When it comes to training for marathons, there is a standard tried and tested formula that serves as the basis for all other formulas: run at least three times a week, including one long run.

Ten-time Paralympic medallist Brian McKeever and guide Erik Carleton haven’t ruled out an assault on the 2018 ParaNordic Games.

As he looked ahead to another long, cold Rockies winter last fall – not necessarily a bad thing for the owner of a Canadian Rockies ice climbing guide service – Kris Irwin began imagining a spring vacation in Penticton, B.C.

In the age of the superhero blockbuster, the Bow Valley has unveiled its own Fantastic Four – climbers, that is.

Surfing exotic green waters off the coast of Taiwan, Karen Girouard heard a cry in the ocean that shot her into the sky. “There’s this guy behind me. He was about to fail and needed help. I paddled over and brought him to shore.

If top disc golfer Kris Pereira wasn’t on top of his game for the 16th annual Big Bear tournament at the Canmore Nordic Centre, he only had love to blame.

Olympic bronze medallist Jan Hudec will join the valley’s Trevor Philp and Erik Read on the Canadian national alpine ski team for the 2014-15 season, as the organization reloads for another Olympic quadrennial.

Maybe it was the Habs versus Bruins game or the beautiful weather, but just half of the Okotoks senior boys’ soccer team showed up last Wednesday (May 14), allowing the Canmore Collegiate High School senior boys to run away with a 7-0 victory.