A survivor of the 2018 Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash will be giving a presentation in Grimshaw tonight (Tuesday, November 19).Tyler Smith will be sharing his journey through trauma and recovery and discussing what it takes to foster mental wellness in our lives and communities.The free to attend event is happening at the ...

A local Grande Prairie football player received national attention on Sunday, November 17, as he was featured on TSN for his 100-yard kick-off return.St. Joseph Catholic Celtic kick returner, Alex Hiemstra won the Week 11 NFL Canada Way to Play award, after being nominated by his coach Aaron Wales.The award was designe...

AJHL GP Storm The Grande Prairie Storm lost their pair of home games over the weekend while hosting Camrose. The Kodiaks beat the Storm 2-1 Friday night and 5-4 Saturday night. The Storm drop to 2nd in the league.Grande Prairie's next game is Saturday in Devon where they take on the Xtreme.STRIKE GROUP NWJHL On Friday....

The Grande Prairie Storm are back in action tomorrow (Friday, November 15) at Bonnett's as they start a doubleheader against Camrose.The Storm are currently looking down on the entirety of the AJHL as they sit first in the North Division and the entire league with 32 points, thanks to 15 wins, and only a single regulat...

The Northwest Junior Hockey League will now be known as the STRIKE GROUP Northwest Junior Hockey League following a multi-year deal with the Strike Group to be the league's sponsor. The league says it's excited and proud of the incoming long term working and corporate relationship with the Strike Group in the deal. The...

Sexsmith Curling Club and Grande Prairie Curling Centre's Team Balderson is bringing home bronze from the 2024 Canadian Mixed Championship. The Balderson rink, representing Alberta, beat Team Manitoba (Wiebe) 9-4 in eight ends. Team Manitoba forfeited the match in the end.The championship was held in St. Catherines, On...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes scored three times in the opening minutes of the third period to break it open and defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Wednesday night. Aho's wrist shot that squeezed through Philadelphia goalie Ivan Fedotov at 1:03 into the third ...

TORONTO - Defying logic, the Maple Leafs have now won six of seven since Auston Matthews was sidelined by an upper-body injury. And despite others joining the captain on the sidelines, Toronto blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 Wednesday for the latest unlikely chapter. "I thought that guys, to a man, stepped up...

TORONTO - Fraser Minten scored his first NHL goal as the injury-ravaged Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in a feisty contest Wednesday. The 20-year-old forward from Vancouver, playing his fifth career NHL game and first of this season, opened the scoring on Toronto's second shot on goal at 8:53 ...

Things just didn't feel right for Adam Hadwin when he missed the cut at the Shriners Children's Open on Oct. 18, so he went back to the drawing board. Hadwin, from Abbotsford, B.C., spent the next month working on his swing, making subtle changes to improve his mechanics, and entered in this week's RSM Classic - the fi...

Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale won the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday night after being the league's first pitching triple crown winner since 2011. In his first season with the Braves, Sale led the NL with 18 wins and 225 strikeouts, while his 2.38 ERA was the best among all major league qualifiers....

Flexibility has become a way of life for Nickeil Alexander-Walker, both on and off the court. The 26-year-old Minnesota Timberwolves combo guard sharpened his diverse set of skills playing basketball with his cousin Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, now a perennial MVP candidate for the Oklahoma City Thunder, with the pair cons...

OTTAWA - After watching the Ottawa Senators play their first 18 games of the 2024-25 NHL campaign, general manager Steve Staios gave his assessment of the season so far. In short, there have been flashes of promise but a lack of consistency, which is reflected in the Senators' 8-9-1 record. While emphasizing that the t...

MONTREAL - Finnish star Ronja Savolainen wants her opponents to fear driving the net when she's on the ice. As she enters her first PWHL season, the Ottawa Charge defender plans to introduce herself with an unapologetic, hard-nosed style. "I just want to be myself out there, not holding back, be a tough player, a ...

EDMONTON - Ed Hervey didn't hold back when describing the Edmonton Elks team. "I do not like where the club sits in the CFL, as far as the perception" said Hervey, who on Wednesday was introduced as the team's new general manager. "I would equate it to laughingstock." For a franchise that has not be...

MALAGA, Spain (AP) - Two-time Grand Slam finalist Jasmine Paolini capped a breakthrough season by leading Italy to its first Billie Jean King Cup title since 2013 on Wednesday, defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2, 6-1 to seal a 2-0 victory over Slovakia in the final of the women's team competition. The No. 4-ranked Paolini ...

BROSSARD - The Montreal Canadiens might be getting some reinforcements soon after Patrik Laine practised with his teammates for the first time since suffering a left knee sprain. Laine skated alone before joining the team for the first few drills at practice on Wednesday at CN Sports Complex. He wore a non-contact jers...

MALAGA, Spain (AP) - Two-time Grand Slam finalist Jasmine Paolini capped a breakthrough season by leading Italy to its first Billie Jean King Cup title since 2013 on Wednesday, defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2, 6-1 to seal a 2-0 victory over Slovakia in the final of the women's team competition. When Paolini's win ended,...

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) - Freddie Freeman's historic walk-off grand slam ball from Game 1 of the World Series is hitting the auction block. The Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman came to the plate on a sprained right ankle with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning against the New York Yankee...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have fired head coach and co-general manager Rick Campbell. The Lions also named co-general manager Neil McEvoy vice-president of football operations and promoted assistant general manager Ryan Rigmaiden to general manager. The team made the announcement Wednesday, with president Duane Vienne...

MONTREAL - CF Montreal signed centre back Joel Waterman to a three-year contract extension through 2027 on Wednesday. The deal includes an option for the 2028 season. Waterman, a Canadian international, logged 2,131 minutes in 25 games this season, including 24 starts. The 28-year-old from Langley, B.C., joined Montrea...

Canadian Alex Tessier is a finalist for World Rugby's Women's 15s Player of the Year. The 31-year-old fly half/centre from Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, Que., is up against France's Pauline Bourdon Sansus and England's Ellie Kildunne and Alex Matthews. The winner will be announced Sunday at the World Rugby Awards in Monac...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed American linebacker Tyrice Beverette to a one-year contract extension through the 2026 season on Wednesday. Beverette, a finalist for the CFL's defensive player of the year award, was already under contract with the Alouettes for next season. The 29-year-old started in all of Mo...

Wilfried Nancy has been voted the 2024 Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year, becoming the first Columbus Crew head coach to earn the accolade since Schmid himself in 2008. Under Nancy, the defending MLS Cup champion enjoyed a record-breaking regular season, setting franchise marks in points (66) and goals scored (72) and ...

MÁLAGA - Canada was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup international men's tennis tournament with a 2-0 loss to Germany on Wednesday. Daniel Altmaier opened the tie with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Montreal's Gabriel Diallo, then Jan-Lennard Struff downed Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., 4-6, 7...

EDMONTON - Edmonton will be the site of a Professional Women's Hockey League neutral site game between the Toronto Sceptres and the Ottawa Charge in February. The PWHL announced eight of the locations of nine neutral-site games earlier this week and has declared the Edmonton the final piece of that puzzle. The game wil...

Kris Knoblauch had a lot to process. Handed the keys to an Edmonton Oilers roster stuck in neutral and full of frustration, the rookie NHL head coach must have felt like he was drinking from a fire hose some 12 months ago. Learning new players and personalities. Tweaking old tactics and teaching fresh concepts. Navigat...

TORONTO - The Maple Leafs have placed Max Domi on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, making him the fifth Toronto forward sidelined with an injury. The move is retroactive to Saturday, when Toronto posted a 4-3 overtime win over visiting Edmonton. Domi logged 14 minutes 42 seconds of ice time in that game. With ...