The defending B.C. Men's curling champions have announced the team is breaking up after one season together.Team Catlin Schneider had included Jason Ginter of Dawson Creek (second from left) and Sterling Middleton from Fort St. John (second from right).They won the B.C. men's title in Esquimalt and carried the province...

The Dawson Creek Spring Break-Up Rodeo is set for Friday and Saturday at the Ovintiv Events Centre. Start time is 7:00 PM B.C. time both days. There was also a junior rodeo held earlier on Friday. The slack goes at noon on Saturday. Tickets at www.lakeviewtix.caHigh school rodeo at Evergreen ParkThe Alberta High School...

A Grande Prairie-born, Saskatoon-raised player is going into the Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame.Gavin Schmidt played for the national team from 2007 to 2016 after playing in the ACAC and at the university level.He won a bronze medal with Team Canada at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto and represented our country in the...

The winners of the Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection's 2024 Northwest Alberta Sport Excellence awards were announced at a ceremony at Clarkson Hall on Friday, April 12.Two new categories were added this year, the Junior Official of the Year award, and the Spirit of Sport award.Thirteen athletes, community member...

Chanse Vigen and Dayton Sutherland tied for the top bid among drivers from the Peace at Thursday's tarp auction for the Calgary Stampede's Rangeland Derby.The tarps on their wagons sold for $160,000.00 each. They were third overall behind Kris Molle's $210,000.00 and Kurt Bensmiller's $175,000.00. Molle drew the top bi...

Some local sports people will be recognized tonight (Friday, April 12) at the Northwest Alberta Sport Excellence Awards.They are taking place at Clarkson Hall in Evergreen Park.The awards are being given out in a dozen categories, including Male and Female Athlete of the Year, along with awards for coaches, officials a...

The chuckwagon auction for the Calgary Stampede's Rangeland Derby is set for tonight (Thursday April 11).There are 27 drivers included in the auction.That includes five with connections to the Peace: Cody Ridsdale; Kirk, Mitch and Dayton Sutherland, and Chanse Vigen. Layne MacGillvray is the defending champion. The Ran...

Some local sledge hockey players came home from a recent tournament with a silver medal.The team from Grande Prairie's Wolverines Wheelchair Sports Association took part in the Matt Cook Western Canada Sledge Hockey Tournament over Easter weekend in Calgary.The Wolverines dropped the gold medal game in the Intermediate...

Junior B provincials continue in Peace River today.Yesterday, La Crete beat Wainright 3-1 moving to a perfect 3-0 record in the tournament, while the Navigators dropped their game to Okotoks 5-3, making them 1-2.Today, the Lumber Barons took the morning game 3-0 and are now perfect through the round-robin, solidifying ...

Junior B hockey provincials are taking place in Peace River until April 7. Two teams from the NWJHL will be representing the Peace, as the Lumber Barons are the league champions, and the Navigators were chosen as the host city and will serve as the sixth team in the tournament. To kick off the tournament last night, (W...

Team North had a successful showing at the Alberta Bowling Provincials over the weekend, accomplishing something that hasn't been done in their 50-year history of competing. Hosted at HJ's Five Pin Bowling, Team North shined in the team events, taking 4th in the Ladies' Division, 5th in Mixed Teams, and for the first t...

BaseballRegistration for Grande Prairie Minor Baseball is open through Good Friday. The season starts in May. Grande Prairie Minor Baseball is also holding a female youth baseball session April 13 from 10 a.m. to noon. There is no charge. Anyone interested in either of these can check the Grande Prairie Minor Baseball ...

Two teams from the Peace will be taking part in U15 A Tier 2 Female Hockey Provincials at the Design Works Centre this weekend.The host side from Grande Prairie will play Beaverlodge in the opening game at noon Friday.The opening ceremony is at 5 p.m. FridayOn Saturday, the games start at 8 a.m. and go all day into the...

The World Men's Curling Championship starts Saturday in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.Brad Gushue's rink will again represent Canada.Beaverlodge product and Team Gushue lead Geoff Walker says he has already played in Switzerland close to a half dozen times."It's a beautiful country, love going there, (the) food's amaz...

Team Skrlik says it has added a four-time Scotties participant to the team for next season.Margot Fleming will replace Brittany Tran, who will be leaving the team at the end of this season. Fleming's Wikipedia page says she had been the third with Kerry Galusha's team and has represented the Northwest Territories at th...

The Spirit River Rangers are North Peace Hockey League champions.They beat the Pirates 3-2 in Falher last night to take the Campbell Cup final series 4-3.Jace Weegar had the winning goal. Mike Lefley had the other two goals for Spirit River. Darren Kramer and Joshua Sylvain had the goals for the PiratesThe Rangers won ...

The Grande Prairie Storm's forward, Alex Atwill has been named to the AJHL All-League 2nd team. Atwill led the Storm in points, and goals this season, raking in 23 goals, with 35 helpers for 58 points in 57 games; finishing at 7th in the league for points. He added to that spectacular regular season performance with ei...

The Grande Prairie Piranhas Swim Club won a bunch of medals and finished fifth in the team standings at the Western Canadian Championships held over the weekend in Winnipeg.Piranha's swimmers won 13 medals, seven gold, four silver and two bronze.Oliver Dawson won four of those gold medals, Mikayla Laurin two and Mariss...

The season is over for the Grande Prairie Storm. They dropped a 5-4 decision in overtime Sunday afternoon at the Bonnetts Energy Centre to the Calgary Canucks in front of an announced crowd of 2054. The Canucks take the series in six games. The visitors had a 4-2 lead early in the third period before Cash Ganske and Co...

The Kurt Balderston rink from the Sexsmith Curling Club has won the Alberta Mixed Championship.They beat Sherwood Park's Warren Cross 7-2 in the final played on Sunday afternoon at the Grande Prairie Curling Centre.A deuce of seven then steals of two in the seventh and eighth ends sealed the win.Balderston has now won ...

The North Peace Hockey League final will go to a Game 7.Spirit River beat visiting Falher 3-0 Saturday night in Game 6 to tie the series 3-3.Kenton White made 30 saves for the shutout. Mike Lefley, Dustin Sather and Bowen Sawers had the goals. The Pirates will host Game 7 Tuesday night. Face-off time will be 8:30. Lumb...

UPDATE 3: It will be Sexsmith's Kurt Balderston playing Sherwood Park's Warren Cross in the final of the Curling Alberta Mixed Provincials.Balderston beat Sexsmith's Graham Powell 7-2 in six ends in one semi-final Sunday morning. Cross downed Grande Prairie's Rob Maksymetz 4-3 in the other semi-final game.The final sta...

StormUPDATE: The Storm lost 4-1 in Calgary Friday night. Logan Cunningham had the lone Grande Prairie goal.The Canucks now lead the best-of-seven AJHL playoff series 3-2.The Storm are home for Game 6 Sunday in an attempt to stave off elimination.Game time will be 5 p.m. at the Bonnetts Energy Centre. Game 7, if needed,...

Grande Prairie and Design Works Centre will be home to the 2024 Hockey Alberta U15 Tier 2 Female Provincials. Starting on Friday, March 29, six teams will be in Grande Prairie to try and claim the top spot for U15 Tier 2 hockey in the province. Head Coach of the Grande Prairie U15 Female A Team, Nelson Cuff calls this ...

The Alberta Bowling Provincials will be taking over HJ's 5 Pin Bowling for Easter weekend. Starting on Wednesday, March 27, provincial's will return to the north for the first time in five years, as they cycle hosts, with over 100 bowlers, coaches, and loved ones expected to be in Grande Prairie.Owner of HJ's 5 Pin Bow...

Thirteen teams start play today at the provincial mixed curling championship being played at the Grande Prairie Curling Centre.The first draw starts at 9 a.m. with draws also scheduled for 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.The 13 teams include six from the Peace Country.That includes the Kurt Balderston and Graham Powell rinks from Sex...

StormThe Grande Prairie Storm evened out their first-round playoff series Tuesday night at home. The Storm put in another hard-fought effort, winning 4-3 over the Calgary Canucks.The Storm will now make the trip to Calgary to try and steal a road win on Friday, before heading back to Grande Prairie for an elimination g...

Team Skrlik has announced a lineup change. Third Brittany Tran will be leaving the team at the end of this season. The current edition of this team has been together for three seasons. The Skrlik rink won the Alberta women's championship last year and made this year's final. The team made the announcement on social med...