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Storm, ski hills this weekend
StormThe Storm will be in Whitecourt Friday to start their AJHL North Division final series.The Wolverines will also host Game 2 Saturday.Games 3 and 4 will be played in Grande Prairie April 7 and 8.All games will start at 7:00 p.m.The Storm advanced with an opening round sweep of Lloydminster.Whitecourt beat Fort McMu...
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Chuckwagons
WPCA wagons to race at Teepee Creek again in 2026
The Teepee Creek Stampede Association says the World Professional Chuckwagon Association will be back for the 2026 edition of 4 Days in the Wild.The WPCA wagons that were not part of the Calgary Stampede last year raced at Teepee Creek.The WPCA schedule says they will be in Teepee Creek from Jul. 10-12 this year, which...
Apr 01, 2026
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creating safer sport
Hockey Alberta joins ranks of Hockey Canada's 'The Shift Forward'
Hockey Canada announced Tuesday it is expanding the group of those involved in its ongoing learning and development program, entitled 'The Shift Forward: Evolving Hockey Culture.'The program was piloted for the 2025-26 season with five members, including Atlantic Canada's four provincial hockey bodies, and Hockey North...
Apr 01, 2026
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Awards
Sport Excellence Awards recipients
The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection's Sport Excellence Awards were given out Friday night at Evergreen Park.An email from the organization says that the following are the 2026 Recipients:Female Athlete of the Year - Ferris Sandboe, strongmanMale Athlete of the Year - Oliver Dawson, swimmingOutstanding Official...
Apr 01, 2026
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Volleyball
Pelland, Spanish league volleyball team open playoffs with upset series win
Wanham's Quinn Pelland and her team in the Spanish women's volleyball league pulled off an upset to open the playoffs.Pelland's CV Harris side, the eighth-place finisher in the regular season, beat the first-place side, Ciutadella, 2-0 in their best-of-three opening round playoff series.CV Harris won the second match 3...
Mar 31, 2026
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Local Hockey
Storm-Wolverines playoff series starts Friday
The North Division Final of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Inter Pipeline Cup AJHL Playoffs is set to get underway this Easter weekend in Whitecourt. The Grande Prairie Storm will hit the road for Game 1 at JDA Place on Friday, Apr. 3. Game 2 will be played on Saturday, also in Whitecourt. The series comes to Bonne...
Mar 30, 2026
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GP Storm
Highway 43 rematch for AJHL North Final
The Grande Prairie Storm will have a familiar dance partner in the AJHL North Final. A 5-1 victory for the Whitecourt Wolverines led them to put the Fort McMurray Oil Barons away in five games. Now, the Storm will take on Whitecourt again for a chance to punch their ticket to the AJHL final; last season the two teams m...
Mar 28, 2026
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Local Sports
Sport Excellence Awards, hockey provincials in High Prairie, this weekend
Sport Excellence AwardsThe Sport Excellence Awards will be given out on Friday.The awards are being given out in 14 categories.The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection says there are 45 nominees in those 14 categories.The awards cover accomplishments from 2025 in the area from Fox Creek and Slave Lake to the B.C. a...
Mar 27, 2026
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Local Hockey
GP Storm forward receives 2025-2026 AJHL award
Grande Prairie Storm forward Zachary Wilson was honoured as the 2025/2026 AJHL Most Dedicated Player and was presented with the Don McNabb Memorial Trophy.This honour is voted on by coaches and general managers from across the league and given to the player most dedicated to his team, with Wilson being a finalist last ...
Mar 27, 2026
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Local Hockey
Storm sweep Bobcats, move onto second round of AJHL playoffs
Round 1 of playoffs belongs to the Grande Prairie Storm after beating the Lloydminster Bobcats in just four games. Wednesday's Game 4 saw the Storm score two power play goals and an empty netter to complete the sweep of the Bobcats with a final score of 5-3. Storm goalie Leland Gill was the Visiting Team Star of the Ga...
Mar 26, 2026
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Grande Prairie Storm
Storm down Bobcats to take 3-0 in their AJHL playoff series
The Grande Prairie Storm now have a 3-0 lead in their playoff series with the Lloydminster Bobcats.The Storm won 6-3 Tuesday night (Mar.24) in Lloydminster.Connor Frost had two goals for Grande Prairie. Zachary Wilson scored a goal and had two assists. Colin Doherty had three helpers.The announced attendance was 1,274....
Mar 25, 2026
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Peace Wapiti Public School Division
PWPSD congratulating 2026 Artic Winter Games athletes
Peace Wapiti Public School Division is praising its students for their participation in the 2026 Arctic Winter Games.Sixteen PWPSD students competed in several different events for Team Alberta North while in Whitehorse, YT, from March 8-15.They were joined by Whispering Ridge Community School teacher Evan Senger as co...
Mar 25, 2026
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Local Sports
Top six finish for Grande Prairie athlete at skeleton championships
A Grande Prairie athlete is in the top six in her sport across Canada.Indy Dorscheid finished sixth at the Women's Skeleton Canadian Championships held March 22 in Whistler, B.C.Dorscheid took part in her first-ever competition in late November.One-time world champion Hallie Clarke won the Canadian title. Jane Channell...
Mar 24, 2026
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Hockey Alberta Provincials
Fairview Falcons win U18 B Female provincial title on home ice
A Fairview team won a provincial hockey title on home ice over the weekend. The Falcons captured the U18 Female B title with a 3-0 win over Battle River in the gold medal game played Sunday, Mar. 22 at the Fairview FairPlex. Toni-Anne Welles made 22 saves for the shutout. Kylie Friesen, Kamryn Bissell and Meta Gardecki...
Mar 23, 2026
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Local Hockey
Comets win NPHL title
The Manning Comets are the champions of the North Peace Hockey League.The Comets completed a four game sweep of the Campbell Cup final with a 5-0 home ice win Saturday over the Dawson Creek Canucks.Braden Gamble recorded the shutout. Judd Blackwater, Edge Lambert, Josh Peters, Brendan Baumgartner, and Kye Whillans had ...
Mar 22, 2026
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Storm
Storm open playoffs with overtime win
The Grande Prairie Storm grabbed a 3-2 win over visiting Lloydminster in Game 1 of their Alberta Junior Hockey League playoff series.A goal from Zachary Wilson at 13:18 of the first overtime period clinched the victory.The Bobcats led the game 2-1 until Max Leduc tied the contest with a goal at 18:53 of the third perio...
Mar 21, 2026
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Local Sports
Hockey, ski hills this weekend
StormThe Storm host Lloydminster Friday to start the AJHL playoffs. More on the Storm can be found here.NPHLManning has a chance to win the North Peace Hockey League title on home ice Saturday night.The Comets won 6-2 Thursday night in Dawson Creek to take a 3-0 series lead.Game time Saturday will be 8:30 p.m.Provincia...
Mar 20, 2026
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College Athletics
Two new NWP indoor track records broken
The Northwestern Polytechnic Wolves athletes may not have made podium finishes at the ACAC 2026 Indoor Track Championships, but they did come home with some bragging rights. The Wolves Women's 4x200m relay team, made of Alana Paziuk, Kelly Koop, Carly Frerichs, and Raelle Amboe set a new school record of 1:56.77 on Sat...
Mar 19, 2026
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GP Storm
Grande Prairie Storm ready for another push to AJHL final
The Grande Prairie Storm start round one of the AJHL playoffs on Friday, Mar. 20, at home against the Lloydminster Bobcats. The playoff bracket up north is the exact same as last season, according to Storm Head Coach Chris Schmidt; when the Storm lost the AJHL final to Calgary after sweeping their previous two series a...
Mar 19, 2026
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Curling
20 years since the World Women's Curling Championship came to Grande Prairie
The 2026 World Women's Curling Championship is continuing in Calgary.Kerri Einarson's Team Canada is 6-1 heading into a game in the Wednesday evening draw against Scotland.It was 20 years ago, on Mar. 18, that the 2006 World Women's Curling Championship started in Grande Prairie.It was held at what was then called the ...
Mar 18, 2026
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Local Hockey
Storm win two to finish regular season, Manning leads NPHL final
Storm The Storm closed out the regular season with a pair of wins at home over the weekend. They beat Drayton Valley 4-1 Friday and 8-1 Saturday. The announced attendance was 1777 on Friday and 1979 on Saturday. The Storm will open the playoffs at home against Lloydminster this coming weekend. Game 1 will start Friday ...
Mar 16, 2026
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Bottcher returns to skip position on new team with Walker and Horgan brothers
Brendan Bottcher is returning to the skip position with a new-look rink that will be based in Alberta. He will team up with third Jacob Horgan, second Tanner Horgan and lead Geoff Walker on a squad that boasts a mix of youth and championship pedigree. ...
Mar 16, 2026
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Local Hockey
Lumber Barons win NWJHL Championship
The La Crete Lumber Barons are this years NWJHL Champions after completing a sweep of the Fort St. John Huskies.The Lumber Barons captured the win Saturday night (March 14) with a score of 6-2 in the fourth game of the final series.With the win, the team finished playoffs with a 11-1 record and became NWJHL Champs for ...
Mar 16, 2026
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Local Sports
Hockey, ski hills this weekend
StormThe Storm host Drayton Valley Friday at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday at 6:00 p.m. to close out the regular season.More on the Storm can be found here.NWJHLThe Northwest Junior Hockey League final continues this weekend. La Crete will be in Fort St. John Friday, Saturday and Sunday.The Lumber Barons lead the series 2-0.G...
Mar 13, 2026
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GP Storm
Storm giving thanks to fans as they lead Alberta Jr. A in attendance
The Grande Prairie Storm led all Alberta Junior A teams in attendance this season, their third season in a row leading the AJHL. With still two home games left in the regular season, the Storm's total attendance sits at 36,376, with an average of 1,455 fans; that is 2,765 more than Lloydminster, which came in second in...
Mar 12, 2026
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Local Hockey
Canucks advance in NPHL, Storm win again in Devon
NPHLDawson Creek has advanced to the North Peace Hockey League final.The Canucks beat visiting Spirit River 5-2 Tuesday night to take the series in seven games. It was the first time the home team won a game in the series.Dawson Creek will be home to Manning Saturday in Game 1 of the Campbell Cup final. Face-off at 8:3...
Mar 11, 2026
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Curling
Team Skrlik parting ways
A post on the Team Skrlik social media page says, "our team has decided to go our separate ways." The post says the decision was made "after a lot of reflection." The Skrlik foursome won the Alberta women's title in 2023 and 2025, and also played in this year's Scotties as one of the pre-qualified ...
Mar 11, 2026
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Curling
Balderston, Bakker win Masters curling titles in Grande Prairie
The Kurt Balderston and Glenys Bakker rinks won the Masters men's and women's provincial championships Sunday, Mar. 8 at the Grande Prairie Curling Centre.Bakker defeated Cathy Borys 10-2 in the women's final.Balderston's Grande Prairie rink beat the Mickey Pendergast team from both Calgary and Red Deer 7-6 to take the...
Mar 09, 2026
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