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With the updated COVID-19 restrictions closing gyms and fitness centres, colder temperatures, shorter days, and longer nights, our motivation to stay fit is probably low.

There will be no Mac's AAA Midget World Invitational Hockey Tournament for the Airdrie CFR Chemical Bisons to compete in this Christmas, after the tournament was cancelled in the fall due to the spread of COVID-19.

“It was like everything’s come to reality now. It’s actually happening, it’s not just a verbal commitment, it’s on paper."

Christmas could come early for Airdrie’s littlest cowboy this year. For the first time in his young rodeo career, nine-year-old Gavin Rose of Airdrie has qualified for the Junior World Finals, which will be held in Fort Worth, Tex. from Dec. 2 to 9.

As COVID-19 cases continue to spike throughout Alberta, the chance of Airdrie’s student-athletes partaking in a winter sports season is looking increasingly unlikely. On Nov.

A senior quarterback with the Springbank Phoenix is heading to Ontario next fall to continue his promising football career. Danny Skelton, 17, signed his letter of intent earlier this spring to join the University of Windsor Lancers.

Many of Airdrie’s sporting organizations are feeling unfairly done by following the Alberta government’s Nov. 12 directive to temporarily suspend team and club sports for two weeks.

With new head coaches at the helm, the Airdrie Lightning U18 AA hockey teams are ready to kick off a new season.

The $18.2-billion economic impact of golf represents a 14 per cent increase in contribution to Canada's gross domestic product

It wasn’t Halloween candy but the sweet taste of revenge the Airdrie Thunder enjoyed Oct. 31, as they downed the Mountainview Colts in the first game of the 2020-21 Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) season.