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Melanie Turgeon, the star of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team with four trips to the World Cup podium last year, was among the athletes named to the ballot for the annual Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year award – otherwise known as the Bobbi

Strong Canadian side looking for World Cup podiums Poor snow conditions at the Mont Ste.

Strong winds may have grounded the air force, but once they had their clearance from ground control, it was business as usual.

Whisler’s Morgan Titus, who is currently attending the University of British Columbia, has qualified to represent Canada at the cross country running world championships in Dublin, Ireland next March.

Turgeon comes close, Kostner claims both downhills Canada’s Melanie Turgeon crashed in the first World Cup downhill of the season, at Lake Louise last week, but came back to place fourth in the second downhill and ninth in the super G.

On the opening day of the Hershey Alberta Cup and NorAm series, running from Dec. 3 to 11 at Lake Louise, the Canadian men came out on top against a field of North American and European skiers and swept the super-G.

There are a few new faces on the Whistler Freeride Team this year, including some of the top skiers and snowboarders on the planet.

Canada’s Jasey Jay Anderson, the reigning Snowboard World Cup champion, earned a bronze medal on Nov. 30 in the parallel slalom at Ischgl, Austria, a "snow date" event for a cancelled World Cup at Kaprun, Austria, the week before.

The Whistler chapter of the Alpine Club of Canada is holding its annual gear swap at Maurice Young Millennium Place on Dec. 8, from noon to 4 p.m.

Whistler runners strong in Seattle More than 1,600 people of all ages and abilities took part in the annual Seattle Marathon on Nov. 25, including local marathon veteran Mae Palm.