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Ontario sweeps gold medals at NAHC
One province won both gold medals at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships played in Grande Prairie. Ontario beat Alberta 3-0 in the girl's gold medal game Saturday at the Design Works Centre.Ontario also won the boy's gold medal, beating Saskatchewan 4-0 in the final.Organizers cancelled both bronze medal games...
May 13, 2024
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Piranhas
Grande Prairie well-represented at Canadian swimming trials
Grande Prairie will be well-represented at Swimming Canada's 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Trials.They will start Monday, May 13 and continue through Sunday, May 19 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.Seven members of the Grande Prairie Piranhas Swim Team will be competing.That includes Marissa and Mikayla Laurin, Domini...
May 12, 2024
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NAHC
National Aboriginal Hockey Championship cancels bronze medal games
The 2024 National Aboriginal Hockey Championship has made the difficult decision to cancel it's Bronze medal games for both the Males and Females.The cause was credited to the ongoing wildfire situation in the Peace region. Photo Courtesy NAHCAt this time, the Gold Medal games remain in place; on the Women's side it wi...
May 11, 2024
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3D Children's Charity
3D Children Charity underway at CKC
The 3D Children's Society Annual Soccer and Hockey Tournament is getting underway today (Friday, May 10) starting at 8:30 a.m. Hosted at the Community Knowledge Campus, money raised from this event will go towards the families of kids with serious medical needs. In 2019, the organization hit a massive milestone after r...
May 10, 2024
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National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
Friday semi-final day at NAHC
Friday is semi-final day at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.Girl's On the girl's side, Alberta will play Manitoba at 5 p.m. while British Columbia plays Ontario at 9 p.m.Alberta and Ontario are both unbeaten in four games and had byes in the semi-final round. The winners will meet in the gold medal game Sa...
May 10, 2024
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volleyball
Goldie named to Volleyball Alberta Hall of Fame
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...
May 09, 2024
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Toronto forward Natalie Spooner out of PWHL playoffs with knee injury
Toronto star forward Natalie Spooner is out for the Professional Women's Hockey League playoffs with a knee injury. The PWHL team placed Spooner on long-term injured reserve Wednesday after she collided with Minnesota's Grace Zumwinkle and fell into the boards in Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal Monday. Spooner l...
7m ago
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Toronto FC hit hard by suspensions following initial review of NYCFC post-game melee
Toronto FC will be missing its coach and four players through suspension for Wednesday's game at Nashville SC after the MLS Disciplinary Committee handed down its initial verdict on Saturday night's ugly post-game melee with New York City FC. Five other TFC players are out injured. One of them, fullback/wingback Richie...
22m ago
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Toronto Argonauts move quarterback Chad Kelly to suspended list
GUELPH, Ont. - The Toronto Argonauts placed quarterback Chad Kelly on the suspended list Tuesday while Canadian defensive back Josh Hagerty was among seven players released by the CFL club. The placement of Kelly on the suspended list was a procedural move as the CFL's outstanding player last season is currently away f...
38m ago
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Bethel-Thompson, Ford forging QB partnership at Elks training camp
EDMONTON - It has all the ingredients of an awkward partnership. But, so far, the Edmonton Elks' quarterbacking tandem of McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Tre Ford are doing and saying all the right things. Ford emerged as one of the most exciting players in the CFL last year. His scrambles and scampers made more than a few ...
3h ago
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Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
There's only one game in the NHL tonight, but it is a big one for the Big D as the Stars look to eliminate the visiting Colorado Avalanche. And it's an off day for the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers after serving up a classic finish in Game 4 last night. Here are five things you need to know about the NHL playof...
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Jokic scores 40, Nuggets beat Wolves 112-97 to grab 3-2 series lead
DENVER (AP) - Nikola Jokic celebrated his third NBA MVP award by scoring 40 points and the Denver Nuggets shut down Anthony Edwards in a 112-97 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. That put the reigning NBA champions one win away from the Western Conference finals. Jokic also had 13 assists and seven r...
9h ago
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NHL roundup: Bruins edge Panthers 2-1 to stave off playoff elimination
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Jeremy Swayman backed up his victory vow with 28 saves, Charlie McAvoy added to the list of disputed goals in this matchup with the go-ahead marker and the Boston Bruins staved off elimination by beating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of their NHL playoff series on Tuesday night. Morgan Geekie ...
9h ago
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Miniature poodle named Sage wins Westminster Kennel Club dog show
NEW YORK (AP) - It was a Sage bet. A miniature poodle named Sage won the top prize Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, an event that often has proven to be a poodle's realm. It was the 11th triumph for poodles of various sizes in the United States' most prestigious canine event - only wire fox terrie...
11h ago
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Host Brazil bounces Canada in Volleyball Nations League opener
RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada opened Volleyball Nations League play on Tuesday night with a four-set loss to host Brazil. The Canadian women dropped the opening set 26-24, won the second 25-23, then lost the next two 26-24 and 25-12. With the women's team still in contention to qualify for Paris 2024, Canadian coach Shannon ...
11h ago
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Tapani scores another OT winner, Boston sweeps Montreal in PWHL semifinal
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - Susanna Tapani scored her second overtime winner of the series to help Boston rally past Montreal 3-2 on Tuesday night and advance to the Professional Women's Hockey League championship series. Boston, which swept Montreal in the best-of-five series, will play for the inaugural Walter Cup against e...
11h ago
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Brunson scores 44, Knicks beat Pacers 121-91 to move a win away from conference final
NEW YORK (AP) - Jalen Brunson scored 44 points, reaching 40 for the fifth time in this post-season, and the New York Knicks moved a win away from their first Eastern Conference final trip since 2000 by beating the Indiana Pacers 121-91 on Tuesday night in Game 5. The Knicks rebounded from a blowout loss on Sunday and g...
11h ago
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Swayman helps Bruins edge Panthers 2-1 to stave off playoff elimination
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Jeremy Swayman backed up his victory vow with 28 saves, Charlie McAvoy added to the list of disputed goals in this matchup with the go-ahead marker and the Boston Bruins staved off elimination by beating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of their NHL playoff series on Tuesday night. Morgan Geekie ...
12h ago
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Rangers' captain Jacob Trouba earns NHL's Mark Messier Leadership Award
NEW YORK (AP) - From one former New York Rangers to a current one, Jacob Trouba was selected as the winner of the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award, the league announced on Tuesday. The award winner is selected personally by Messier and presented since 2007 to a player who "exemplifies great leadership qualities t...
14h ago
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Canadian swimmers McIntosh, Harvey finish 1-2 in women's 200 free at Olympic Trials
TORONTO - Canadian teenage swimming sensation Summer McIntosh has her second straight victory at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials. She finished first in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. The 17-year-old McIntosh, from Toronto, had a time of one minute 53.69 seconds. Mary-Sophie H...
15h ago
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Orioles-Blue Jays game is rained out, to be made up as part of a July 29 doubleheader
BALTIMORE (AP) - Toronto manager John Schneider was encouraged by his team's improved health. But a rainout probably wasn't the worst thing. The Blue Jays' game against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night was postponed because of rain. It was called about an hour before the scheduled start time and is set to be made...
16h ago
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Jesse Marsch takes the long road to coaching the Canadian men's soccer team
Jesse Marsch's roots are in Racine, Wis., on the shore of Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago. Thanks to a pilot project, the city's public schools were organized so kids from different socio-economic and racial backgrounds were evenly distributed. "What it meant was growing up I had friends from all kind...
16h ago
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Tavares scores in OT, rescues Canada from potential upset in 7-6 win over Austria
PRAGUE, Czechia - Captain John Tavares scored 15 seconds into overtime and saved his teammates some embarrassment as Canada held on for a 6-5 win over Austria on Tuesday at the world hockey championship. Tavares ended the extra session quickly, taking the puck from behind centre ice, then skating into the Austrian zone...
17h ago
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Ippei Mizuhara, ex-interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, pleads not guilty as a formality
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to bank and tax fraud, a formality ahead of a plea deal he's negotiated with federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging sports betting case. Prosecutors say Ippei Mizuhara stole nearly $17 million from Ohtani to p...
17h ago
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Whitecaps look to become road warriors again after disappointing loss at LAFC
VANCOUVER - Four days after their first road loss of the year, the Vancouver Whitecaps will get a chance at redemption. The Whitecaps (5-3-3) face the Colorado Rapids (5-4-3) on Wednesday in the second of three straight Major League Soccer road games. They followed a road win over Canadian Premier League club Cavalry i...
17h ago
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The Hurricanes stuck with their plan. It's helped them climb back into their series with the Rangers
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes kept losing close games to come within 60 minutes of exiting the NHL playoffs in an embarrassing sweep. Yet coach Rod Brind'Amour kept insisting his team was playing well in key areas and they had to stick with things. Somehow, what sounded like little more than a hopeful a...
17h ago
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NBA playoffs top seeds Boston and Oklahoma City are in different places heading into Game 5s
Four games into the second round of the NBA playoffs, the No. 1 seeds from each conference find themselves in two different places. East top seed Boston and West top seed Oklahoma City both made it through the first round with relative ease. After an early stumble to begin Round 2, the Celtics are back home for Wednesd...
18h ago
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Toronto FC missing players in wake of ill-tempered melee after New York City FC loss
Toronto FC will be feeling the hangover from Saturday night's ugly post-game melee with New York City FC when it takes the field at Geodis Park on Wednesday against Nashville SC. Italian star Federico Bernardeschi and veteran defender Kevin Long are both suspended after a game that saw bad blood between the teams spill...
19h ago
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