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...

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....

UPDATE August 7: Masson wound up tied for 16th on the men's side at the 2026 Canadian All Abilities Championship. He had a final-round score of 84 on Friday, August 7, giving him a three-round total of 255. Ontario golfers won the men's and women's titles.A Grande Prairie golfer is among the 66 players taking part in t...

Two Grande Prairie competitors won their events at the High Prairie Elks Rodeo. Jennifer Neudorf took first in barrel racing with a time of 17.38 seconds. An 86 point ride gave Auzyn Corr first-place money in the bull riding. Corr also had a fourth place finish at the North Peace Stampede. Grimshaw's Denver Leitch also...

UPDATE: Rycroft leads the series 1-0 after a 9-2 win at home in Game 1 Wednesday night. Game 2 will be played Thursday night in Peace River.The best-of-five Wheatbelt Baseball League final starts tonight (Tuesday, August 4). Peace River will be in Rycroft. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:15. The Rage advanced to the...

The Grande Prairie Reds 15U team has won a Baseball Alberta provincial championship. The Reds beat Medicine Hat 9-8 in the 15U AA Tier 1 championship on Sunday. Medicine Hat was the only team to beat the Reds in the pool round games. The championship tournament was played over the weekend in Spruce Grove and Stony Plai...

The 2026 Strathmore Stampede has come to a close following an exciting weekend with capacity crowds and excellent racetrack conditions. After the dust settled, it was Jason Glass who captured the Strathmore crown for the second year in a row. It was also his fourth time winning the same title. Glass, with outriders Tyl...

Four competitors from Grande Prairie won titles at the Canadian National Championships for disc golf held in Grande Prairie last weekend. Todd Smith-Salter finished at six under par over three rounds to take first place in the Mixed Amateur 40+ category. He had a three-round score of 186, six under par and seven shots ...

The 70th North Peace Stampede is taking place this weekend at the Lac Cardinal Sports Grounds near Grimshaw. Friday night's events start with local barrel racing at 7 p.m., followed by the All Pro Chuckwagon and Chariot races. Saturday starts at 4 p.m. with the first performance at the pro rodeo. The wagons will start...

The horse racing that was scheduled for Heritage Day Monday (August 3) at Evergreen Park has been cancelled. Organizers say there are not enough horses. Races will go ahead Saturday and Sunday at 1:15 p.m. as scheduled.

A 16-year-old farm kid from Sexsmith is part of Team Canada at an international equestrian competition this week.George Balderston and his horse Galahad are competing in show jumping at the International Equestrian Federation's North American Youth Championships taking place in Traverse City, Michigan. Balderston got ...

Wheatbelt Baseball League Manning beat visiting Peace River 4-3 Monday night to force a deciding game in the Wheatbelt Baseball League's North Division Final. The third and deciding game will be played in Peace River on Wednesday. The winner moves on to play Rycroft in the league final.Rodeo The High Prairie Elks Rode...

Grande Prairie swimmer Oliver Dawson has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. Dawson took second in the 200 metre breaststroke Tuesday afternoon in Glasgow, Scotland, in a time of 2:08.39. Filip Nowacki of Jersey won gold, finishing 0.52 seconds ahead of Dawson. Australia's Zac Stubblety-Cook won the bronze, ...

Chad Fike, with outriders Nolan Cameron and Wyatt Dyck, won the final at the WPCA's Battle of the Foothills in High River on Sunday. He finished ahead of Chance Bensmiller, Jason Glass, and Luke Tournier. Glass finished first in the aggregate. Mitch Sutherland wound up seventh overall, with Cody Ridsdale finishing nint...

Race the 8 Rycroft Race the 8 is set for Friday, July 24 through Sunday, July 26. On Friday, the wagons start at 7:00 p.m. On Saturday, there is a pancake breakfast starting at 8:00 a.m., then the parade at 11:00 a.m. Other events start at 1:00 p.m., with the wagons at 3:00 p.m. and bull riding at 7:00 p.m. Sunday star...

Organizers say 400 competitors from Grande Prairie and across Canada, along with the US and New Zealand, will take part in the Canadian National championships in disc golf being held in Grande Prairie.The championships will start today (Friday, July 24) and run through Sunday. Local organizing committee chair Dylan Bre...

The Northwestern Polytechnic Wolves women's hockey team has finalized its coaching staff. Brett Stephanson will be the head coach. Trevor Whitby has been named assistant coach and goalie coach. Earlier, Kelly McLeod was named an assistant coach, while Tanya Chomyc was hired as the skating and player development coach....

The South Division final in the Wheatbelt Baseball League playoffs will start tonight (Tuesday, July 21)The County Brewers will host Rycroft in Game 1 at 7:15 p.m. The series was originally set to start on Sunday. The Rage will host Game 2 on Thursday, with the Brewers hosting Game 3 on Sunday, if necessary. In the No...

Alberta Summer Games Zone 8 athletes brought home 27 medals from the Alberta Summer Games held over the weekend in Strathcona County. That included five gold medals, eight silver, and 14 bronze. Five silver medals were won in beach volleyball, and one bronze came in swimming. The rest were captured in athletics. Close...

The Jr. B Peace Country Honey Badgers wrapped up their inaugural season, finishing 3rd in their division.For their first season in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League, the team says they blew all expectations out of the water, having their season come to an end in a tightly contested semi-final series.The club thanked a...

Around 350 athletes from nearly two dozen communities around the Peace are representing Zone 8 at the Alberta Summer Games. Strathcona County is the host community this year. The games got going with the opening ceremony Thursday night (July 16). Zone 8 has a gold and a bronze medal so far, both coming in athletics. Th...

Fairview Amateur Rodeo The Fairview Amateur Rodeo goes this weekend at the Waterhole Rodeo Grounds. On Friday, local team roping starts at 6 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday, local barrel racing starts at 10 a.m., with the WRA rodeo starting at 1 p.m. The full schedule can be found here. Manning RodeoThe 74th Manning Rodeo...

The Northwestern Polytechnic Wolves women's hockey team continues to add to its coaching staff. The team has announced that Tanya Chomyc has been hired as the team's skating and player development coach. Chomyc won a USports women's hockey title as a player with the University of Calgary. She has also served as directo...