Making bank
By Andru McCracken It was a close match to start the charity hockey match between McBride and Valemount’s adult hockey teams last weekend. McBride came out on top defeating Valemount 9 to 5, but it […]
Sports
Sport sessions aim to inspire new involvement
By Laura Keil Does sport play a role in vibrant and healthy communities? Jared Kope believe it does. As director of Provincial Activation at viaSport BC, Kope plans to share happy and heart-wrenching stories of […]
Local youth succeed at Valemount Funduro!
By Jean Ann Berkenpas Two local kids participated in the Valemount Mountain Bike Park’s first enduro style mountain bike race on September 14th. Elli Taylor and Kirby Scheller both had their first experience competing at […]
Wringing the fun from Funduro!
By Andru McCracken Who would show up to a bike race featuring a gruelling 669 meter ascent and more than 1000 meters of slipsliding splish splashing descent on what promised to be a bonechilling cold […]
Local player gets signed
By Andru McCracken Valemount-raised Braden Smith is now a part of the Western Hockey League. Victoria Royals signed Smith last week and announced they had entered into a standard player agreement with him. “It shows […]
An enduring win for a privateer
By Andru McCracken Former Valemount resident Angie McKirdy placed 2nd in the Trans BC Enduro race that took place from July 8th to the 13th. One of the hardest enduro races in the world (according […]
Esser back on top
By Andru McCracken McBride’s Agnes Esser has reclaimed the Canadian national title in discus at the Canadian Track & Field Championships held in Montreal, Quebec. Esser held the title in 2016 and 2017, and placed […]