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Eight months away from the main event, the Banff/Canmore Alberta Winter Games organizing committee kicked off its volunteer recruitment drive and fundraising push on Wednesday and Thursday (May 22-23).

Shawn Taylor, Leighton Poidevin and Brian Cooke believe there’s room for a signature old school mountain bike race in Canmore.

They’ve got the depth. They’ve got the skill. They’ve got the coaching and athleticism. But on Monday (June 3), the Canmore Collegiate High School boys soccer team must prove they have the desire.

The prevailing wisdom in rugby is strong offence wins fans, while strong defence wins championships. Thankfully for the Banff Community High School Bears boys rugby team, they appear to have both as they chase down another provincial title.

Alpine Canada has introduced the next crop of young athletes it hopes will lead the nation’s Olympic medal charge in 2018 and 2022, yet Alberta is sorely under represented in the group.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The Banff Bears rugby team is on the prowl for its second provincial title, proving their mettle again with a 29-0 thrashing of Strathmore Thursday (May 16) at the Banff Rec Grounds.

Jan Hudec will again lead the charge for the Bow Valley on the Canadian national alpine ski team, but this year he’ll be joined by Canmorites Erik Read and Trevor Philp.

Mothers, grandmothers and daughters ran with wide smiles and heads held high during the sixth annual Rocky Mountain Soap Women’s Run, May 11-12 at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

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