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The charity golf tournament, which is Sunday (July 25), still aims to sink a hole-in-one for YWCA Banff’s Higher Ground Project.

"We’re not pushing the panic button yet, but I know by August 1 if we don’t have this sorted out we’re going to really start to push the panic button ... if we don’t have housing for these players, we don’t have a team."

This Sunday's BE EPIC Run supporting female athletes wearing the Maple Leaf.

The Bow Valley Soccer League is looking for players this season to fill up rosters.

Canmore golfer Matt Bean is taking aim at the 3M Open pre-qualifier this Friday (July 16) for a chance to play a PGA Tour event.

"We didn't do as good as we would have liked, but, you know, you have to take what you learn from it and hopefully you get to go back to it again in the future. It's sure pretty cool to be somewhere where it's so loud – the crowd, the fireworks and other stuff – you get that at other places, but not that loud."

"It was kind of tough before to get anything organized because you didn't know whether it was going to come off or not so that was always a struggle for us to get excited about any sort of tournaments ... So now, the excitement is coming back – to see people in the club house after, it was a lot of fun."

New mixed gender rugby league starts up in Banff

“All the money raised for it pretty much goes into funding these trips for the youth. It makes a huge difference for them to get out in the mountains and see something different and to be away from the stresses in the city for a day or a couple days. I think it’s hugely powerful.”

"Nothing’s as big as Calgary. The energy and the show they put on. There are very few shows in the world as big as Calgary. Calgary is kind of like the Olympics … Yeah, you've been to a lot of other rodeos, but there’s nothing like Calgary."