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Scott Gow knows how to plan a mission to Mars. Three years ago, he was selected to join NASA in Houston for a two-week space camp with 33 other students from around the globe.

Willy Sakal scored the shootout winner and Steve Papciak stopped all 10 shots he faced as the Canmore Eagles downed the Drumheller Dragons 3-2 in a shootout in AJHL action at Alex Kaleta Arena, Saturday, Jan 15.

North American biathletes are developing a familiar warning phrase this winter: Beware the brothers Gow.

The Canmore Eagles added experience to their blueline at the AJHL trade deadline, however, they paid with a piece of the future.

Maureen Kershaw has her priorities straight. The mother of Canmore’s Devon Kershaw flew in from Thunder Bay to greet her son in Calgary after his historic performance on the Tour de Ski, Monday (Jan. 10).

Kelly McBroom’s world cup ski dreams have plunged into the nightmare realm yet again. After spending the past 22 months rehabilitating her knee, the downhill skier will miss the rest of the season with a broken leg.

Talk about a great start to the New Year.

Canadian biathlete Zina Kocher knows T-bar love stories do come true. Her parents told her all about them. Thirty-two years ago, on a T-bar in St. Anton am Arlberg in Austria, a young Canadian vacationer sidled up next to an Austrian ski instructor.

There was little rest over the holidays for many of the nation’s top skiers, as most used the first Bow Corridor race at the Canmore Nordic Centre, on Dec 29 as extra training going into 2011.

Canmore’s Devon Kershaw became the third Canadian male to win a world cup cross-country ski race after he won a skate-ski sprint race at the prestigious Tour de Ski in Toblach, Italy on Wednesday (Jan. 5).