The season ended on a winning note for the Grande Prairie Sirens women's rugby team. The Sirens beat the Clan team from Edmonton 36-19 in the Edmonton Rugby Union's Bowl Final. The game was played on Saturday, Aug. 8 in Edmonton at the Nor'westerns Athletics field. The Centaurs men's team will be in Edmonton for a mat...

Game 3 of the Wheatbelt Baseball League final is set for tonight (Monday, August 10).Peace River is in Rycroft.The Rage lead the best-of-five series 2-0Game time will be 7 p.m.Game 4, if needed, would be played in Peace River on Wednesday. Game 5, if needed, would be back in Rycroft on Friday.

The Dawson Creek Exhibition and Stampede wrapped up Sunday (August 9) evening with Grande Prairie native Chanse Vigen capturing the championship for the WPCA Pro Tour's Battle of the North. It was Vigen's second time winning the Battle of the North Championship, with his first back in 2019. He captured the 2026 Dawson ...

The final four has been set for Sunday night's final at the WPCA's Battle of the North in Dawson Creek.Jamie Laboucane finished first in the aggregate with a four-day running time of 4:53.86.Laboucane wins the first-ever Connie Patterson Memorial Award, along with a one-year lease of a 2026 GMC truck. He will be joined...

Jamie Laboucane and Chanse Vigen had the two fastest times of the night Friday at the World Professional Chuckwagon Association races in Dawson Creek. Laboucane has the fastest time by 1:12.31, 0.14 seconds faster than Vigen. Rae Croteau Jr. and Obrey Motowylo rounded out the top four on the night. Laboucane leads the ...

Crocus Hill Stampede The Crocus Hill Stampede is on this weekend. The parade will start at 3:00 p.m. on Friday in Valleyview. The Wildrose Rodeo Association performances go at 3:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with the rodeo slack at 8:00 a.m. Saturday. The Ranch Rodeo is at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. There is also a pancake b...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays placed right-hander Jameson Taillon on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with right forearm tendinitis. Taillon left Monday's 2-1 win over Boston after four innings with forearm discomfort. He struck out three and allowed ...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Adam Novotny to a three-year entry-level contract, the NHL team announced Tuesday. The Canucks selected the Czech forward 24th overall with their second first-round pick at the 2026 NHL draft. The 1...

MONTREAL - CF Montréal has made a major splash, signing Chilean legend Alexis Sanchez through the abbreviated 2027 Major League Soccer sprint season on Tuesday. The agreement includes a club option for the 2027-28 campaign. The 37-year-old forward beco...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - New York Jets cornerback Qwan'tez Stiggers was taken to a hospital by ambulance after he briefly lost consciousness during a joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday. Jets coach Aaron Glenn said the 24-year-old ...

TORONTO - Montreal receiver Tyson Philpot, Saskatchewan receiver KeeSean Johnson, and Toronto receiver Damonte Coxie have been named the top players for Week 10 of the CFL season. Philpot recorded 10 receptions for 131 yards and three touchdowns in the...

TORONTO - Luster will have history on her side Saturday when she attempts to give trainer Josie Carroll a timely anniversary gift. The heralded filly was installed as the even-money favourite for the $1-million King's Plate. But the Woodbine Oaks champ...

CALGARY - Andrew Baker hopes to reap what he's helped sow as the next president and chief executive officer of Alpine Canada. He will replace Thérèse Brisson, who, after six years, moved on to become CEO of Skate Canada. Baker held various jobs at the ...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Sea Bears entered the postseason on a hope and a prayer, but an impressive playoff run now leaves the franchise just two wins away from earning its first Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) championship. The Sea Bears were d...

TORONTO - John Schneider is enthusiastic about the Toronto Blue Jays' future. Shortstop JoJo Parker and pitcher Johnny King - two of the top prospects in the Blue Jays organization - each moved up a level within Toronto's minor-league system on Sunday,...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Goldeneyes goalie Kristen Campbell has long idolized her mom. Like many hockey parents, Janet Campbell spent countless hours in freezing arenas, ferrying kids to and from seemingly endless practices, and cheering every play from ...

TORONTO - There were 42,511 fans plus both teams, Major League Baseball officials, and ballpark staff at Rogers Centre on Monday and all of them were confused by one play in the seventh inning of the Toronto Blue Jays' 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. ...

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - Rhyne Howard had six 3-pointers and 22 points, Angel Reese added 20 points and 14 rebounds for her 22nd double-double of the season, and the Atlanta Dream beat the fading Toronto Tempo 107-95 on Monday night. Howard became the ...

MONTREAL - Some 30 years after Jarry Park was first transformed into a tennis centre, the home of the National Bank Open in Montreal is facing mounting pressure to modernize once again. "Centre Court could definitely be modernized," ATP CEO Eno Polo sa...

TORONTO - Elina Svitolina knew this match meant slightly more. And the Ukrainian tennis star was down a set to a Russian opponent. The fans in the stands - many from her country's large, flag-waving diaspora in the Greater Toronto Area - were living wi...

VANCOUVER - The rebuilding Vancouver Canucks have hired Ryan Stewart as the NHL team's director of hockey strategy and player evaluation. General manager Ryan Johnson announced the news on Monday, saying in a statement that Stewart "brings a championsh...

MONTREAL - Two National Bank Open men's singles quarterfinals were postponed due to weather on Monday. Play was delayed twice during the day before organizers called off the session shortly after 8 p.m. ET. The matches, originally scheduled for 6 p.m. ...

Fairbanks, Alaska, will host the 2028 Arctic Winter Games. The Arctic Winter Games International Committee says this will put the event back on a two-year cycle after it had decided in April to hold the games every three years. Fairbanks has acted as the host three times before, most recently in 2014. Organizers say da...

Dawson Creek's Battle of the North saw track times drop on Thursday evening compared to the night before. When the evening came to a close, the fastest chuckwagon of the night was the reigning Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Jamie Laboucane. Laboucane finished the night with a run time of 1:12.80; 0.83 second...

The North West Junior Hockey League will be expanding next season, with the resurgence of a previously folded club.The NWJHL says it is welcoming the Slave Lake Wolves back into the league, after they dissolved in 2014.NWJHL President Peter Burletoff says they are " excited to welcome the Slave Lake Wolves back in...

A dozen teams will be taking part in the 2026 Pre Season Cup Draft Hockey Tournament this weekend at the County Sportsplex. There are U11, U13, and U15 divisions, with four teams in each. The games start at 4:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. Saturday, and will continue into the evening. The playoff games will start at 9 a.m. on...

It was a cool and drizzly Wednesday evening in Dawson Creek, B.C., to kick off the Battle of the North stop on the WPCA Pro Tour. After the final times were posted, it was Kurt Bensmiller who was the top wagon of the night with a run time of 1:15.15. Fairview's Cody Ridsdale was a close second, only 0.14 seconds shy of...

A Grande Prairie equestrian will represent Canada at the International Equestrian Federation World Championships. Charlotte Axani and her horse Lightning Jack 12 will compete in vaulting. This event has riders doing gymnastics or dance moves on horseback. The championships will run from August 11-23 in Aachen, Germany....