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Dynamic duo Callum Hawker and Cody Monod had a pretty good rivalry going at the Alberta Winter Games.

Squash was not only being played during the Alberta Winter Games, it could also be used as the perfect verb to describe how crammed-in attendees felt as players, coaches, chaperones and family members cheered on participants in the Banff Rocky Mounta

Xavier McKeever is a very practical young man. The calculating 11-year-old cross-country skier excels at several sports in the Bow Valley.

Canmore gymnasts are famous for massive medal hauls.

After spending countless hours picking, training, badgering and motivating Biathlon Canada athletes, assistant coach Roddy Ward likes what he sees at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Normal speed suits were augmented by hoodies, mitts, ski goggles and other unusual apparel, but cold weather didn’t stop speed skaters from giving their all on Canmore’s 10th Street Pond outdoor Alberta Winter Games track, last weekend (Feb. 8-9).

By the time Elizabeth Manley’s tears had dried at the end of the 1988 Calgary Olympic Winter Games, Canada had accumulated a modest five medals over 16 days of competition on home soil.

Carleigh Gorrigsen and Meg Ohsada won gold while Terynn Jensen and Kana Noguchi won silver to lead Bow Valley figure skaters at the Alberta Winter Games on Feb. 7-8.

While Canmore’s Nathan Smith dream season led the Canadian to an 11th place result in the men’s biathlon 12.5 km pursuit at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the man they call Jeep watched his descend into nightmare.

A dejected Jan Hudec said he was disappointed with his 21st place finish in the men’s downhill on Sunday (Feb. 9) at the 2104 Sochi Winter Olympics, but said he’s confident he can reach the podium in the super-G on Feb. 16.