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Canmore residents can kick up their heels again as a local developer has stepped in to save their Highland Games.

Spring Creek is taking the lead in forming a new non-profit society called the Malcolm Scottish Society which will take over the Canmore event.

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“The Highland Games draw more than 5,000 visitors to Canmore each year… We couldn’t stand the idea of losing such a special event so we stepped up,” said Frank Kernick, president of Spring Creek, which has developed a full-scale neighbourhood in the town and is now building a $37-million hotel and conference centre.

In December, the Three Sister’s Scottish Festival Society announced that the games would be cancelled in 2017 as the group had dissolved as it lost volunteer members.

“It was a tough decision to dissolve and cancel the Highland Games but we just didn’t have the resources ti commit the time and energy needed,” said Sandy Bunch, former president of the Three Sister’s group.