The City of Grande Prairie has shared a statement from Mayor Jackie Clayton, welcoming those part of the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship to Grande Prairie:"I am pleased to welcome the athletes, coaches and spectators who have travelled from across the country to Grande Prairie for the 2024 National Aborigi...

Team Canada bobsleigh pilot will be among those working with young athletes that come for testing when RBC Training Ground stops in Grande Prairie Monday.Eden Wilson is hoping sharing her story will provide some encouragement for others."When it comes to what's available to athletes if they pursue a sport at a nat...

Fourteen teams from across the country, seven girls squads and seven boys, are in Grande Prairie for the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.That will include 350 players, aged 14 to 17.There will also be 100 coaches, plus officials and spectators, at this tournament.Host Society Vice Chair Chenoa Esau says there ...

The search for new athletes to compete for Canada will come to Grande Prairie Monday, May 6. RBC Training Ground is a chance for young athletes aged 14 to 25 to be tested on their power, strength, endurance, and speed. Scouts from close to a dozen sports will be there. Albertan Sam Effah, a two-time Canadian champion i...

The Grande Prairie Piranhas host the Northern Lights Invitational swim meet Friday through Sunday at the Eastlink Centre. City Hall says in a release that 400 athletes and fans are expected. This means that on Friday, the diving boards are not available all day and the 50-metre pool and Flow Rider are unavailable betwe...

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...

TORONTO - A new season has dawned on Toronto's Professional Women's Hockey League team, but it's one without need for a new approach. Top-seeded Toronto opens the PWHL playoffs against visiting Minnesota on Wednesday at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Toronto went 2-1-0-1 against Minnesota in the regular season, most recently pos...

Drew Bannister is returning as coach of the St. Louis Blues after getting the interim tag removed from his title and being named Tuesday to the full-time role. He signed a two-year contract that gives him the chance to oversee a bit of organizational retooling but also show he can get the most out of a roster stocked w...

The Toronto Blue Jays started the 2024 regular season aiming for bigger things after crashing out in the wild-card series last fall. The campaign has not gone as planned so far. At 16-19 entering Tuesday's game at Philadelphia, the Blue Jays were in last place in the American League East and a growing list of pitcher ...

TORONTO - The CFL has suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for at least nine regular-season games following its investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength-and-conditioning coach against both the player and club. According to the CFL, Kelly is also suspended for Toronto's two pre-season games ...

ROME - Canada's Leylah Fernandez made an early exit from the Italian Open on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-1 first-round loss to Romanian veteran Ana Bogdan. The 21-year-old from Laval, Que., struggled with her serve. She won 56.1 per cent of first serve points and was broken five times on eight changes. Bogdan saved five of s...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to terms on a minor-league deal with right-hander Aaron Sanchez, a source confirmed Tuesday. Sanchez made his big-league debut with the Blue Jays in 2014 and spent parts of six seasons with the team. He later made a handful of appearances for four different clubs, including t...

HAMILTON - Substitute Bryce Duke's 52nd-minute goal gave CF Montreal a 1-1 draw - and a valuable away goal - in the opening leg of its Canadian Championship quarterfinal with Forge FC on Tuesday. David Choiniere, whose younger brother Mathieu started for Montreal, opened the scoring in the 31st minute for the Canadian ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Teen forwards Macklin Celebrini and Adam Fantilli have decided to return to North America ahead of the start of the world men's hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Tuesday. Hockey Canada says Celebrini planned to attend Tuesday night's NHL draft lottery. The 17-year-old is projected as the ...

Brad Sinopoli still looks forward to June. For nine years, it marked the start of the CFL season. But now as a full-time fishing guide, June is when Sinopoli can start chasing his primary quarry, the muskellunge (commonly known as musky). "It's so funny they coincide almost," Sinopoli said. "What I like ...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have named Travis Green as head coach and signed him to a four-year contract. Green takes over the NHL club from interim head coach Jacques Martin, who coached the team after D.J. Smith was fired on Dec. 18. Green posted an 8-12-1 record as interim head coach of the New Jersey Devils last s...

NEW YORK - Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid was named a finalist for this year's Hart Trophy on Tuesday as he seeks to win the NHL's most valuable player award for a second straight season. Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and Tampa Bay Lightning right-wing Nikita Kucherov are the other finalists as vot...

TORONTO - Canadian forward Ayo Akinola is leaving Toronto FC after agreeing to a mutual termination of his contract. The 24-year-old scored 18 goals in 96 appearances across all competitions since joining the MLS club in December 2017 as a homegrown player. But he has been a forgotten figure of late at TFC, playing jus...

Heat waves and poor air quality from wildfires pose extra challenges tochildren and youth who need more exercise outside and less time staring at screens, a new report says. ParticipAction's latest report card, released Tuesday, gives Canada's kids a D+ for overall physical activity. It found that 39 per cent of childr...

DENVER (AP) - Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns powered Minnesota's 106-80 blitz of the Denver Nuggets on Monday night that gave the Timberwolves a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals over the reigning but reeling NBA champions. Towns and Edwards both scored 27 points as the Wolves improved to 6-0 in the...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - For the rest of his life, Crew Corbett Carlo can celebrate his birthday with the knowledge on the day he was born his father scored a playoff goal. It's a memory Brandon Carlo will never forget. The Boston defenseman wasn't with his team Monday morning for an excellent reason - his wife Mayson was ...

DENVER (AP) - Nuggets guard Jamal Murray lost his cool on the bench and tossed a heat pack onto the court. Denver's frustration was on full display in the first half of Game 2 on Monday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Wolves applied the pressure and the defending champion Nuggets lost their temper, traili...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jalen Brunson scored 43 points, becoming the fourth player in NBA history with four straight 40-point games in the postseason, and the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers 121-117 on Monday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Brunson had 21 in the fourth quarter, rallying the Knicks...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Jeremy Swayman stopped 38 shots, Brandon Carlo scored a goal just a few hours after his wife gave birth to their son and the Boston Bruins topped the Florida Panthers 5-1 in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series Monday night. Morgan Geekie, Mason Lohrei, Justin Brazeau and Jake DeBrusk also h...

Toronto picks Minnesota as its semifinal opponent in the Professional Women's Hockey League playoffs starting Wednesday. The PWHL in its first season introduced a playoff innovation in awarding the top team in the league after the regular season the choice between the third and fourth seeds for its semifinal foe. Toron...

TORONTO - New York defender Ella Shelton, Toronto winger Natalie Spooner and Boston forward Hilary Knight were named the Professional Women's Hockey League three stars of the last week of the regular season. First star Shelton led all PWHL players in scoring with two goals and four assists in two games. The 26-year-ol...

Even at the height of her athletic career, Stephanie Labbe struggled. The pressures of being a professional athlete, the reality of being forced to live far away from loved ones, the constant uncertainty of her career all left her battling serious anxiety and depression, even after she stood on an Olympic podium with ...

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city is "exploring potential public viewing opportunities" for the Vancouver Canucks' Round 2 playoff series against Edmonton. Up until now, some fans have gathered around Rogers Arena on game days, while others have purchased tickets and brought their white towels to watch t...