The North Peace Navigators will not ice a team for the 2026-27 Northwest Junior Hockey League season. In a statement posted to social media, the Board of Directors says it has asked for a leave of absence. The statement says, "Following the conclusion of our training camp, it became clear that we do not currently ...

StormThe Storm visit Drayton Valley Saturday, September 5, to continue the exhibition season. Game time will be 5:00 p.m.The Storm will play Whitecourt September 10 and host Whitecourt September 11.The regular season starts at home versus Bonnyville September 18 and 19.WolvesThe Northwestern Polytechnic Wolves women's ...

The Western Hockey League is changing its livestream provider of video hockey broadcasts on an 'interim basis' to YouTube."The decision to move the livestreaming of WHL games follows uncertainty regarding the future of Victory+, the WHL's exclusive livestreaming partner since March 2025," stated a league rele...

UPDATE: The Storm won Tuesday's game 5-3. Kadyn O'Brien had a hat trick and one assist.The Grande Prairie Storm start the Alberta Junior Hockey League exhibition season tonight (Tuesday, Sept. 1) at home versus Drayton Valley. Face-off time will be 6:00 p.m. at the Bonnetts Energy Centre. The Storm finished in second p...

The 15U AA Grande Prairie Reds have captured the Western Canada Baseball Association championship this past weekend in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.The Reds dominated the WBCA, going undefeated and claiming the title with a 10-7 victory over a local squad, the Sask Sun Devils.The Reds have now ended their magical season...

The curtain has officially closed on the 2026 professional chuckwagon racing season following Sunday (August 16) afternoon's final heat.This years Kirk's Trail Tire Series Champion is Jason Glass, who also broke the track record down in Rocky Mountain House with a time of 1:11.20. Glass' winning time was 1.05 seconds f...

The Anaheim Ducks placed veteran forward Chris Kreider on waivers in the first step to terminate his contract, a person with knowledge of the move confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity ...

TORONTO - Montreal's Tyrice Beverette and Saskatchewan teammates Dhel Duncan-Busby and Trevor Harris were named CFL players of the week on Wednesday. Harris threw for 362 yards in Saskatchewan's 32-26 overtime win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers last w...

BUFFALO - The Buffalo Bills are taking a page out of the Sabres' playbook when it comes to cross-border relations. The NFL club says both "O Canada" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" will be performed before its Sept. 17 home opener against the Detroit Li...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Yes, there will be track and field stars - Sha'Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Mondo Duplantis and more - vying for those $150,000 top prizes this week at a new event called the Ultimate Championships. There will also be runner...

Vernon Adams Jr. and the Calgary Stampeders don't have time to lament their Labour Day loss to the Edmonton Elks. Edmonton (9-3) rallied for a 38-28 road win over Calgary (5-7) on Monday. The Stampeders led by as many as 18 points early in the second h...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Alex Formenton to a one-year contract worth US$850,000, the NHL team said Wednesday. Formenton was one of five players from Canada's 2018 world junior team who were acquitted last year on sexual assau...

MONTREAL - Former Montreal Canadiens winger André Pronovost, who won four straight Stanley Cups with the Habs, has died at 90. The Canadiens say Pronovost died Tuesday, with the cause of death not disclosed. The Shawinigan Falls, Que., native spent 10 ...

Toronto North Racquet Club has added three Canadians to its roster ahead of the upcoming World Team Tennis season. Victoria Mboko of Burlington, Ont., Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and Montreal's Gabriel Diallo were all named to the team that alread...

LAS VEGAS - John Tavares remembers everything being new. Selected first overall by the New York Islanders at the 2009 NHL draft, the star centre and wide-eyed teenager was experiencing countless never-before-seen moments as he started living out his dr...

TORONTO - Sportsnet has named its new flagship show "Saturday Night Hockey," replacing "Hockey Night in Canada" with familiar faces on the panel - and some notable absences. The change comes after Sportsnet and CBC ended their 12-year sublicensing agre...

It's been just over a year since mountain runner Margaux Cohen suffered a life-changing injury while hiking a mountain in Squamish, B.C., after her dog Zion lost his footing, sending them both tumbling down a rocky slope nearly 20 metres. Cohen said sh...

NEW YORK (AP) - Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz's title reign in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, pulling out a 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) victory in a match that ended at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday. Alcaraz had his 18-m...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Kazuma Okamoto and Josh Smith hit home runs, José Soriano worked seven innings of two-run ball, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Athletics 4-2 on Tuesday night. Toronto (73-73) sits a game behind the Cleve...

WINNIPEG - Winnipeg's Northern Super League expansion franchise will play out of a new modular stadium at the Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex, the league announced Tuesday. The league says the new stadium, installed by the Vancouver-based SixFive Stadium...

NEW YORK - Defending champion Gabriela Dabrowski is heading to the U.S. Open women's doubles semifinals. The 34-year-old from Ottawa and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani defeated seventh-seeded Jiang Xinyu and Zhang Shuai of China 6-3, 6-4 in Tuesday's ...

LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday in New Jersey with more than $500 million in debt, part of its goal to revive the league without Saudi funding. The move was widely expected after the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia ab...

FootballThe Peace Country Cowboys will visit the Calgary Gators for an Alberta Football League semi-final game on Saturday.Kick-off will be at 5 p.m.These same two teams met in the final last year.RugbyThe Centaurs' men's rugby team visits the Nor'westers for a playoff game Saturday in Edmonton.The game will start at 2...

The Nitehawk Adventure Park bike park is now closed for the season.Staff said they "understand this may be an inconvenience," but "important trail and hill maintenance needs to be done to prepare for the upcoming ski season."They add that "taking care of the hill now will help ensure it remains...

The second night of the World Chuckwagons Finals and the Battle of the Rockies saw a packed grandstand crowd down in Rocky Mountain House. When the dust settled Thursday evening, it was chuckwagon driver Obrey Motowylo that pulled off the fastest time of the night with a penalty-free run of 1:16.94. Motowylo tops the W...

UPDATE Friday: The Reds beat Manitoba 17-10 in their opening game.The Grande Prairie Reds 15U AA minor baseball team will represent Alberta at the Western Canada Baseball Association championships this weekend. They will take place in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and will also include 13U and 18U divisions. The Reds pl...

UPDATE 1 Friday: Dawson will compete in the B Final of the 50 metre breaststroke Friday night. He had the tenth-fastest time in the heats and missed a spot in the A Final by less than two-tenths of a second. Dawson will also compete in the 200 metre breaststroke Saturday, and could also be in the men's medley relay.Gra...

The World Professional Chuckwagon Association has opened the last event of the 2026 racing season down in Rocky Mountain House, where the World Champion will be crowned. The Battle of the Rockies and World Chuckwagon Finals opening night on Wednesday went off without a hitch despite some early afternoon rain. The faste...