The rodeo team at Northern Lakes College has collected a bunch of accolades. The team captured the Canadian College Rodeo Association Varsity Team Championship at the Canadian College Finals Rodeo held in early May in Rimbey. Three competitors also won individual titles. That includes Ben Coombes in bareback, Landon D...

The inaugural season for Northwestern Polytechnic's Women's Hockey team will be played at Grande Prairie's Design Works Centre.The unveiling of the Wolves logo on the Weyerhaeuser Arena's ice marked a new opportunity for women student athletes in northern Alberta.The Wolves will be the seventh team in the Alberta Colle...

Final starts Friday The Western Hockey League final starts tonight (Friday, May 8) in Everett, Washington. The Silvertips will host the Prince Albert Raiders. Zachary Shantz from Sucker Creek is with Everett. He has 10 points, including four goals, in 13 playoff games after recording 65 points in 66 regular-season game...

Softball tryouts for the Zone 8 team for the Alberta Summer Games are set for Saturday, May 9.They will start at 11 a.m. at the Parkside Diamonds. Players must pre-register. More information and registration are available through the Softball Alberta website and social media pages.

An important fundraiser is taking place today (Friday, May 8) at the Community Knowledge Campus. The 3D Children's Charity is hosting its ball hockey and soccer tournaments. Students from all the local school districts compete to help raise money for other kids facing a serious medical challenge. The last scheduled ga...

Another canvas auction for a stop along the World Professional Chuckwagon Association's 2026 season has raised a historic dollar figure for the chuckwagon drivers competing in the Ponoka Stampede. The auction was held May 1 for the Stampede's 90th Anniversary edition. It brought in $904,500 for 32 drivers and four wild...

Two football players originally from this area, who played on the same university team, are continuing their careers after getting picked in the 2026 Canadian Football League Draft. The Edmonton Elks selected the University of Alberta's Carter Kettlye in the third round, 21st overall.The 6'1" wide receiver from Gr...

Another team is to be added into the Strike Group North West Junior Hockey League next season. The Junior B hockey league is welcoming the return of the Slave Lake Wolves, after the team dissolved from the NWJHL in 2014.At their annual general meeting held on April 27, a motion was passed by NWJHL board members to acce...

A member of the Grande Prairie Wrestling Club won two silver medals at the 2026 Canadian Wrestling Championships held over the weekend at the Design Works Centre. Jaren Alaimoana took second in the men's U19 110-kilogram category in both freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Teammate Hayden Cooke had fourth and sixth-p...

Two girls from the Peace Region have the right to call themselves national champions. Both Taylor Wasylchew and Kasey McLeod of Grande Prairie, were a part of the U18 Red Deer Chiefs' 4-3 overtime win yesterday(Saturday, April 25) in Dieppe, New Brunswick, where they took down the Ontario representative, the Stoney Cre...

Two players from Grande Prairie are taking part in the Esso Cup, the national championship for U18 women's hockey teams, and both have a chance to win the gold medal.Defender Taylor Wasylchew and forward Kasey McLeod are both with the Red Deer Chiefs.Red Deer beat the Atlantic Canada representative, the Northern Select...

Close to 900 people, athletes, coaches and officials, are in Grande Prairie this weekend for the 2026 Canadian Wrestling Championships.That group includes 154 Alberta competitors, eight of which are from the Grande Prairie Wrestling Club.Every province and territory except Nunavut has sent a team to the event.They will...

The Edmonton Elks are bringing their Hometown Tour to Grande Prairie this weekend. Some Elks players, along with some University of Alberta football players from this area, will be running camps for minor and high school players Saturday and Sunday at the County Sportsplex. The team says on its website that this will g...

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, 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, 25-23, ...

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-...

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...

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.

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

The Grande Prairie Storm continue the AJHL North Final against Whitecourt tonight in GP, as they lead the series 2-1 heading into Game 4.Last night, the Storm picked up a 4-2 win in front of 2,571 Peace region residents, to take their first lead of the series. Game 4 will now go again at 7 p.m., tonight, at Bonnett's E...

The North West Junior Hockey League now has bragging rights of having the best Junior B hockey team in Alberta this season. The La Crete Lumber Barons are headed back home with new hardware after competing in the Alberta Junior B Hockey Provincials in Lloydminster held from April 1-5.The Lumber Barons went undefeated i...

StormThe Storm will be in Whitecourt Friday to start their AJHL North Division final series.The Wolverines will also host Game 2 Saturday.Games 3 and 4 will be played in Grande Prairie April 7 and 8.All games will start at 7:00 p.m.The Storm advanced with an opening round sweep of Lloydminster.Whitecourt beat Fort McMu...