Logan Gorst has been crowned the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Champion following washout conditions at the track on what was to be Championship Monday in Bonnyville.As a result, the championship was awarded based on the best three-day aggregate time rather than being decided in the Championship Final Heat.Gorst, driving the F...

Basketball was invented by a Canadian, and we may soon have ownership over the sport again, following the first-ever FIBA U18 Men's AmericaCup title for the Great White North.After a historic showing in the tournament, Canada capped it off with a 67-65 win over the USA last night.Grande Prairie's own Deng Ngor secured ...

It will be Logan Gorst, Chanse Vigen, Darcy Flad, and Rae Croteau Jr. In the championship final at the World Professional Chuckwagon Association stop in Bonnyville.The final is being run Monday evening because heavy rain forced the postponement of Friday's races.Croteau Jr. had the fastest time of the day on Sunday, fo...

The World Professional Chuckwagon Association is running again in Bonnyville after Friday's races were postponed.Jamie Laboucane, Chad Fike, Logan Gorst, and Jason Glass had the four fastest times during Saturday's races. Chanse Vigen was ninth, Mitch Sutherland 15th.Logan Gorst leads the aggregate, followed by Vigen, ...

Besides the Summer Luau Beach Volleyball Tournament Saturday and Sunday at the newly expanded South Bear courts, there is a long list of local sports events this weekend: Football The Peace Country Cowboys open the Alberta Football League season Saturday on the road against the Calgary Gators. This will be a rematch of...

The number of beach volleyball courts at a Grande Prairie facility has doubled.A recent expansion at the beach volleyball facility at South Bear added four new courts. Grande Prairie Beach Volleyball league volunteer Patrick Bueckert says the city contributed $200,000 a year ago; which is half of the cost. The league h...

LONDON - Canada's Victoria Mboko withdrew from her first-round match at the HSBC Championships on Wednesday after appearing to sustain an injury during the second set. Mboko, seeded third at The Queen's Club in West London, was trailing former world No...

OTTAWA - Jonathan David's high school teacher doesn't remember him ever taking a lunch break. That's because the budding soccer star never wanted to leave the training dome. "If it wouldn't have been for us kicking him out of the dome, I'm not sure he ...

TORONTO - Dylan Cease said he felt some rust early in his splendid performance on Tuesday night. Through the lens of Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider, he showed why the team signed him during the off-season. Cease threw 11 strikeouts, only allo...

TORONTO - Days before the start of FIFA World Cup, brothers Adis and Amir Mrakovic sat outside their deli with Bosnian coffees in copper pots on the table, watching a staff member hang a Bosnian flag beside a Canadian one on the roof. Mrakovic Fine Foo...

TORONTO - Bryan Adams is set to kick off the FIFA World Cup festivities tonight in Toronto, headlining a star-studded countdown concert designed to launch the biggest tournament in the competition's history. The Canadian rocker will be joined by Haitia...

Health officials in both Canadian cities hosting World Cup matches are warning visitors about the potential risk of the toxic illicit drug supply that could be very different from what they are used to at home. Organizers of the seven games in Vancouve...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States was received by a crowd of supporters and officials Wednesday as he arrived home in the capital of Mogadishu, where he said he plans to be at the next ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal chose the simple approach to Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final with Carolina trailing in the best-of-seven series. But, the 20-year veteran's winning goal on Tuesday night was anything but si...

CARTAGO - Janine Sonis scored three goals, including one on a penalty in the 54th minute, and Canada women's soccer team defeated host Costa Rica 6-0 in an international friendly in Cartago on Tuesday. Forward Evelyne Viens gave Canada a 1-0 lead in th...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Carolina-Vegas series was largely expected to be a Stanley Cup Final in which goals were at a premium and each shift felt like a march up a well-defended hill. Yeah, that isn't this. Another two-goal lea...

DENVER (AP) - Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog was presented with not one, but two awards on Tuesday, earning the Mark Messier Leadership honour and the Masterton Memorial Trophy. The 33-year-old forward from Sweden becomes the first playe...

TORONTO - Brandon Valenzuela hit a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Tuesday. Bryson Stott hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the top of the inning to give the visitors a 2-1 ...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says a World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States should be allowed to officiate a match in Vancouver instead. Eby says on social media platform X that Omar Artan "would be we...

TORONTO - Nikola Vasilj knows all about Alphonso Davies. The Bosnia-Herzegovina goalkeeper plied his trade in Germany's top division over the last two seasons. Davies, meanwhile, continued to star for Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich as the club secured...

OTTAWA - A new cross-border bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit is set to open this week. Prime Minister Mark Carney said the Gordie Howe Bridge is a symbol of co-operation between Canada and the United States. "I just want to salute those who co...

VANCOUVER - Websites claiming to offer FIFA World Cup tickets and hotel packages are appearing online ahead of the tournament's June 11 kickoff. The websites use FIFA logos and branding, similar URLs, and identical looking login pages to pass as legiti...

UPDATE: The WPCA says heavy rain has forced Friday night's races to be postponed.The racing is scheduled to continue Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon, and Monday evening.After a successful season opener at the Grande Prairie Stompede, the World Professional Chuckwagon Association resumed Thursday for the first evenin...

Grovedale's Carter Kettyle has earned a roster spot with the Edmonton Elks. He is one of four Canadian receivers on the Elks roster. Kettyle played high school football with St. Joe's and is one of two former Celtics picked by the Elks in this year's CFL draft. The other one, offensive lineman Matthew Ljuden, was rele...

The Alberta Junior Hockey League held its AGM and Board of Governors meetings in recent days. Following the gatherings, several new initiatives were announced for the 2026/27 season.Regular season formatPer the league: The AJHL will maintain its structure of two divisions for the 2026-27 season - the Bunge AJHL North D...

Lawn BowlingCity Hall will host drop-in lawn bowling Tuesday at Muskoseepi Park as part of Seniors Week. It will go from 1-3 p.m. Registration is not required.People are advised to dress for the weather.For more information, email programming@cityofgp.comPresentation with Renee SonnenbergThe Grande Prairie Regional Spo...

The unofficial results from Stompede posted to Rodeo Canada's website show that two Peace Country competitors won their events. Jennifer Neudorf and her horse Roxette stopped the clock in 15.79 seconds in the barrel racing during the rodeo slack on Wednesday. Neudorf is originally from Grande Prairie but now lives near...

Obrey Motowylo and his sons, Ethan and Hayden, are the 2026 Grande Prairie Stompede champions to start the professional chuckwagon racing season. In the $40,000 Championship Final Heat, Motowylo ran a penalty-free time of 1:15.27 to capture the GP crown for the second straight year. He crossed the finish line 95 one-hu...