Grande Prairie's Leigh Goldie is one of three inductees this year for the Volleyball Alberta Hall of Fame.Goldie was a teacher and coach with the then-called Grande Prairie Regional College for over 40 years. He is being inducted in the Builder category. Goldie will join former Wolves men's and women's coach Ron Thomso...

A huge crowd gathered at St. Joe's High School last night to hear a presentation from a former player for Canada's women's hockey team.Brigette Lacquette was the first ever First Nations player named to Team Canada and went on to win silver medals at the Olympics and World Championships.Lacquette says she wants to tell...

Northwestern Polytechnic is saying goodbye to their Women's Volleyball Coach.Lauren Hale-Miller will be leaving NWP after five seasons to begin her role as head coach for the University of New Brunswick's REDS Women's Volleyball team.Hale-Miller is a graduate of UNB and has a coaching history that spans six provinces, ...

The City of Grande Prairie has shared a statement from Mayor Jackie Clayton, welcoming those part of the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship to Grande Prairie:"I am pleased to welcome the athletes, coaches and spectators who have travelled from across the country to Grande Prairie for the 2024 National Aborigi...

Team Canada bobsleigh pilot will be among those working with young athletes that come for testing when RBC Training Ground stops in Grande Prairie Monday.Eden Wilson is hoping sharing her story will provide some encouragement for others."When it comes to what's available to athletes if they pursue a sport at a nat...

Fourteen teams from across the country, seven girls squads and seven boys, are in Grande Prairie for the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.That will include 350 players, aged 14 to 17.There will also be 100 coaches, plus officials and spectators, at this tournament.Host Society Vice Chair Chenoa Esau says there ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Artemi Panarin redirected a pass between his legs at the crease to beat Pyotr Kotchetkov just 1:43 into overtime and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Thursday night to take a 3-0 lead in the second-round NHL playoff series. Panarin scored after Carolina defenseman Dmitry Orl...

LAVAL, Que. - Aerin Frankel made 53 saves and Susanna Tapani scored in overtime to lead Boston to a 2-1 win in Game 1 of their Professional Women's Hockey League semifinal series on Thursday. Tapani pounced on a loose puck in the blue paint at 14:25 of the extra period for the first overtime goal in PWHL playoff histor...

BOSTON (AP) - Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points, Evan Mobley had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the top-seeded Boston Celtics 118-94 on Thursday night to tie their second-round playoff series at one game apiece. Two nights after losing by 25, with Mitchell scoring 33 but getting little help...

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) - When two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang came out of Stanford and became the first woman to win her professional debut since 1951, the sky was suddenly the limit. Everyone expected Zhang to win again and again and again, much like Nelly Korda has been doing these days with her five-event streak. Some...

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) - When two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang came out of Stanford and became the first woman to win her professional debut since 1951, the sky was suddenly the limit. Everyone expected Zhang to win again and again and again, much like Nelly Korda has been doing these days with her five-event streak. Some...

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) - Nelly Korda is going to have some work to do to win a record sixth straight LPGA Tour title, especially with the way Rose Zhang is playing. Korda shot a relatively mistake-free 3-under 69 early in the first round of the Cognizant Founders Cup on Thursday and then could only watch as the 20-year-old...

Grande Prairie's Leigh Goldie is one of three inductees this year for the Volleyball Alberta Hall of Fame.Goldie was a teacher and coach with the then-called Grande Prairie Regional College for over 40 years. He is being inducted in the Builder category. Goldie will join former Wolves men's and women's coach Ron Thomso...

MONTREAL - CF Montreal is parting ways with vice-president and chief sporting officer Olivier Renard by "mutual agreement," the Major League Soccer club announced Thursday. Renard joined Montreal as sporting director in 2019 after five years in management with various teams in his native Belgium. Under his st...

A huge crowd gathered at St. Joe's High School last night to hear a presentation from a former player for Canada's women's hockey team.Brigette Lacquette was the first ever First Nations player named to Team Canada and went on to win silver medals at the Olympics and World Championships.Lacquette says she wants to tell...

VANCOUVER - Edmonton Oilers star Leon Draisaitl wasn't on the ice as the team practised Thursday. His absence comes after the 28-year-old forward appeared to be labouring late in Edmonton's loss to the Vancouver Canucks in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series Wednesday. Draisaitl had two assists in the game but ...

DALLAS (AP) - Mason Marchment is set to return to the Dallas Stars' lineup for Game 2 of their second-round series against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night. Marchment has missed the past six games since he and Radek Faksa both left the Stars bench with undisclosed injuries late in Game 2 of their first-round We...

If you went to sleep midway through either of the Western Conference NHL playoff games the past two nights, there's a good chance you woke up to a different winner than you thought. On Tuesday night, Dallas led Colorado 3-0 after the first period and lost 4-3 in overtime. Roughly 24 hours later, Edmonton was up 4-1 on ...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks accomplished a first on Wednesday -- they prevented Connor McDavid from getting a shot on net. It was the first time in 55 career playoff games the superstar has failed to register a shot. The milestone came in a game where the Canucks mounted a dramatic third-period comeback before ...

Forward Tyson Beukeboom is set to enter the Canadian rugby record book Saturday. Named in the starting lineup for fourth-ranked Canada against No. 5 Australia in Pacific Four Series play at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Beukeboom will tie Gillian Florence as Canada's all-time women's caps leader with 67. Florence played i...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley was suspended by the NBA on Thursday for four games without pay to begin next season for his actions during and after the final game of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. The league announced the suspension and said Beverley ...

Northwestern Polytechnic is saying goodbye to their Women's Volleyball Coach.Lauren Hale-Miller will be leaving NWP after five seasons to begin her role as head coach for the University of New Brunswick's REDS Women's Volleyball team.Hale-Miller is a graduate of UNB and has a coaching history that spans six provinces, ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Sheldon Keefe on Thursday following another disappointing playoff exit. The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the potential candidates to take over the Original Six franchise that hasn't won the Stanley Cup since 1967. CRAIG BERUBE The 58-year-old from Calahoo, Al...

GUELPH, Ont. - Quarterback Chad Kelly, who is under suspension for violating the CFL's gender-based violence policy, was on the field Thursday at the Toronto Argonauts' rookie camp. Kelly's appearance at the University of Guelph comes just two days after the CFL suspended its 2023 outstanding player for at least nine r...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Pyotr Kochetkov is set to start in goal for the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 against the New York Rangers on Thursday night, as they make a change in net trailing the second-round series 2-0. Coach Rod Brind'Amour announced the decision roughly seven hours before puck drop, citing Andersen's workl...

OTTAWA - Canadian sports minister Carla Qualtrough has announced former Ontario chief justice Lise Maisonneuve will lead the Future of Sport in Canada Commission. The commission's mandate is to delve into problems amid what Qualtrough and her predecessor Pascale St-Onge have called a safe-sport crisis in Canada. Qualtr...

Former Toronto FC general manager Ali Curtis has earned a promotion as Major League Soccer revamps the leadership of MLS Next, its academy and youth development program. Curtis left his post of Toronto GM and senior vice-president of soccer operations in November 2021. Some two weeks later he was named senior vice-pres...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Sheldon Keefe. The team made the announcement Thursday after the Original Six franchise lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs More coming. The Canadian Press