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Volleyball
Peace Country volleyball player's team drops Spanish women's league semi-final
Wanham's Quinn Pelland and her CV Haris teammates have been eliminated from the playoffs in the Spanish women's volleyball league.CV Haris lost 3-2 to CD Heidelberg Friday, April 17, 3- 2 in the second match of the best-of-three series.CV Haris won the first two sets, 25-22 and 28-26, before dropping the next three, 25...
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GP Storm
Grande Prairie Storm end of season wrap-up
The Grande Prairie Storm's season came to an end after a crushing 2-1 overtime loss in Game 7 of the North final on Tuesday, Apr. 14. However, Executive Director Nicole Menzies said in a year-end interview with EGP, despite the loss, the team is so grateful for the community turnout this year. Breaking the AJHL single-...
Apr 17, 2026
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AJHL
Storm drop Game 7 of the North Division final in overtime
The post-season run for the Grande Prairie Storm ended Tuesday night in heart-breaking fashion.A Brendan Ruskowski goal at the 10:54 mark of the first overtime period gave host Whitecourt a 2-1 win over Grande Prairie.The Storm had taken a 1-0 lead on a Braeden Veldhuizen goal at 15:09 of the first period.Wolverine Tri...
Apr 15, 2026
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Storm
Storm in Whitecourt for Game 7 Tuesday night
Big game in Whitecourt tonight (Tuesday, April 14).The Storm and Wolverines meet in Game 7 of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's North Division final.Game time is 7 p.m.The Storm recorded a 5-1 victory at home on Sunday in Game 6 in front of a record crowd of 3,159 fans.
Apr 14, 2026
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Swimming
Dawson breaks multiple records at 2026 Canadian Swimming Open
The Grande Prairie Piranhas are beaming with pride after club member Oliver Dawson dominated the competition at the 2026 Speedo Canadian Swimming Open in Edmonton on April 9-11, 2026.Dawson completed a breaststroke sweep at the pool, while winning gold and setting new provincial and Canadian records. In the 50m breasts...
Apr 14, 2026
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Curtling
Curling: Ontario sweeps Masters titles, Sexsmith duo finishes second at U20 mixed doubles
MastersTeams from Ontario won the men's and women's titles at the Canadian Masters Curling Championships that wrapped up over the weekend at the Grande Prairie Curling Centre.Team Ontario, skipped by Bryan Cochrane, defeated Kurt Balderston's Team Alberta 7-6 in the men's final.The Mary Chilvers team from Ontario beat ...
Apr 13, 2026
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Wedgewood sharp in net, O'Connor scores 1st goal in more than a year as Avs beat Kings 2-1 in Game 1
DENVER (AP) - Logan O'Connor scored for the first time in more than a year, Scott Wedgewood stopped 24 shots in his first Stanley Cup playoffs start and the top-seeded Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in Game 1 on Sunday. O'Connor's th...
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Sens look forward after Game 1 loss; Zub's status unclear after exiting with injury
RALEIGH - Thomas Chabot felt his team handled things fairly well. The Ottawa Senators expected an early surge from the Hurricanes to open their first-round playoff series. And after captain Brady Tkachuk and Carolina opposite Jordan Staal dropped the g...
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Oilers lean into their playoff maturity ahead of Game 1 against Ducks
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers climbed a playoff mountain the last two years, but didn't plant their flag on the summit. They reached the Stanley Cup final, only to fall to the Florida Panthers in a Game 7 in 2024 and in a Game 6 in 2025. The Oilers em...
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Harmon, Watts score goals, Kirk has 24 saves as Sceptres beat Frost 2-0
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Savannah Harmon and Daryl Watts each scored a goal, Raygan Kirk had 24 saves, and the Toronto Sceptres beat the Minnesota Frost 2-0 on Sunday to keep their playoff hopes alive. The Sceptres (10-1-5-12), who had lost back-to-back...
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Film School: Raptors do deep dive on Game 1 loss to prepare for Cavaliers
CLEVELAND - As soon as the final whistle sounded in a disappointing Game 1 loss, Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic and his staff got to work. Rajakovic, his coaches, and all the Raptors players watched, rewatched and analyzed what went wrong i...
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Volleyball
Peace Country volleyball player's team drops Spanish women's league semi-final
Wanham's Quinn Pelland and her CV Haris teammates have been eliminated from the playoffs in the Spanish women's volleyball league.CV Haris lost 3-2 to CD Heidelberg Friday, April 17, 3- 2 in the second match of the best-of-three series.CV Haris won the first two sets, 25-22 and 28-26, before dropping the next three, 25...
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Draisaitl playoff watch continues in Edmonton, Oilers set to play Ducks in Game 1
EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl wheeling through Sunday's practice at Rogers Place boded well for the Edmonton Oilers. But Kris Knoblauch wasn't yet ready to green light the star forward for Monday's Game 1 of a first-round playoff series against the Anaheim...
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Man City beats Arsenal 2-1 for huge win in Premier League title race
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester City swung the Premier League title race in its favor by beating Arsenal 2-1 on Sunday thanks to a second-half winner by Erling Haaland. Haaland's league-leading 23rd goal of the campaign in the 65th ...
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Bayern Munich clinches another Bundesliga title with 4-2 win over Stuttgart
Bayern Munich has clinched another Bundesliga title by easing to a 4-2 win over Stuttgart. Harry Kane scored his 32nd league goal of the season after going on as a second-half substitute, and Bayern should have scored more Sunday against ...
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Scores and schedule for Saturday, April 18, 2026
Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs First Round | Best-of-Seven Series Carolina 2 Ottawa 0 (Carolina leads series 1-0) Minnesota 6 Dallas 1 (Minnesota leads series 1-0) Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 2 (Philadelphia leads series 1-0) --- PWHL Ottawa 5 New Yo...
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Canada's women's soccer squad shows fight, desire in 1-0 loss to Brazil: coach
Casey Stoney believes Canada's women's soccer team showed a new facet of themselves on Saturday. Little went their way in a 1-0 loss to Brazil, the finale of their 2026 FIFA Series campaign. The way the players continued to battle, though, is crucial ...
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Flyers celebrate return to playoffs with 3-2 win over Penguins in Game 1
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Travis Sanheim scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers announced their return to the playoffs with a 3-2 win over Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. Philadelphia p...
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GP Storm
Record-breaking attendance for AJHL North Final Game 6
The Grande Prairie Storm forced a decisive Game 7 in the North Final with Whitecourt on Sunday, Apr. 12, thanks to a dominant 5-1 win, while setting a new franchise attendance record.It was standing room only as Bonnett's seats 2,939 fans, while over 3,159 fans were recorded for Game 6; the Storm noted that the last ti...
Apr 13, 2026
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AJHL Playoffs
Storm win pushes series with Wolverines to Game 7
Game 6 of the AJHL North finals ended with a victory on Sunday (April 12) for the Grande Prairie Storm.The Storm beat the Whitecourt Wolverines 5-1 at Bonnetts Energy Centre in front of an audience of 3,159, bringing the series back to a tie of 3-3.Storm Captain Colin Doherty was the Home Team Star of the Game, scoring...
Apr 13, 2026
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Chuckwagons
$593,000 brought in at 2026 Grande Prairie Stompede Tarp Auction Gala
As we inch closer to the start of the 2026 World Professional Chuckwagon Association's racing season, the second Canvas Auction took place in Grande Prairie over the weekend.The 2026 Grande Prairie Stompede Tarp Auction Gala at Evergreen Park had big shoes to fill, as it followed up last year's record-breaking event th...
Apr 13, 2026
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Chuckwagons
Rangeland Derby Canvas Auction brings in historic $6 million
Chuckwagon racing season is gearing up to start, and with that brings canvas auctions for stops on the World Professional Chuckwagon Association's circuit. The 2026 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Chuckwagon Canvas Auction was held on Thursday evening.The WPCA says this auction shattered all previous records, reeling ...
Apr 10, 2026
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Curling
2026 Canadian Masters Championship underway at GP Curling Centre
The 2026 Canadian Masters Curling Championships will continue on at the Grande Prairie Curling Centre through to Sunday, Apr. 12.Draw times are 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. daily, with 22 men's and women's teams from across Canada competing, with Alberta represented by Kurt Balderston's rink on the men's side, and ...
Apr 09, 2026
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AJHL Playoffs
Storm head to Whitecourt for Game 5
The AJHL North Division Final Series transitions back to Whitecourt on Friday following a loss for the Grande Prairie Storm at home on Wednesday. Game 4 saw the Wolverines win 3-2. The series is now tied at two a piece. Storm forward and Assistant Captain Chase Christensen picked up two points on the night thanks to tw...
Apr 09, 2026
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