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...

The Teepee Creek Stampede Association says the World Professional Chuckwagon Association will be back for the 2026 edition of 4 Days in the Wild.The WPCA wagons that were not part of the Calgary Stampede last year raced at Teepee Creek.The WPCA schedule says they will be in Teepee Creek from Jul. 10-12 this year, which...

Hockey Canada announced Tuesday it is expanding the group of those involved in its ongoing learning and development program, entitled 'The Shift Forward: Evolving Hockey Culture.'The program was piloted for the 2025-26 season with five members, including Atlantic Canada's four provincial hockey bodies, and Hockey North...

The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection's Sport Excellence Awards were given out Friday night at Evergreen Park.An email from the organization says that the following are the 2026 Recipients:Female Athlete of the Year - Ferris Sandboe, strongmanMale Athlete of the Year - Oliver Dawson, swimmingOutstanding Official...

Wanham's Quinn Pelland and her team in the Spanish women's volleyball league pulled off an upset to open the playoffs.Pelland's CV Harris side, the eighth-place finisher in the regular season, beat the first-place side, Ciutadella, 2-0 in their best-of-three opening round playoff series.CV Harris won the second match 3...

The North Division Final of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Inter Pipeline Cup AJHL Playoffs is set to get underway this Easter weekend in Whitecourt. The Grande Prairie Storm will hit the road for Game 1 at JDA Place on Friday, Apr. 3. Game 2 will be played on Saturday, also in Whitecourt. The series comes to Bonne...

OTTAWA - Sandra Abstreiter bet on herself two years ago and Friday night she was rewarded with her first shutout in the Professional Women's Hockey League. Abstreiter, named the game's first star, made 39 saves in a 3-0 win over the Ottawa Charge that ...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers didn't make any flashy moves at the NHL trading deadline, but general manager Stan Bowman did obtain some impactful defensive-minded players who have contributed significantly to the team's five-game winning streak. Bowma...

NEW YORK (AP) - Matvei Michkov had a goal and two assists and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Friday night to move within one point of the Islanders for third place in the Metropolitan Division. Travis Sanheim and Alex Bump h...

Friday's Scoreboard NHL Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Islanders 1 St. Louis 6 Anaheim 2 --- PWHL Montreal 3 Ottawa 0 --- AHL Calgary 5 Laval 2 Belleville 5 Rochester 2 Charlotte 3 Toronto 2 Coachella Valley 2 Abbotsford 0 Grand Rapids 6 Manitoba 3 Bridgeport 4 H...

SAN ANTONIO - Robert MacIntyre added the Valero Texas Open this year to be sharp for the Masters, and he looked every bit of that Friday with four birdies in his final five holes for an 8-under 64 and a four-shot lead over Ryder Cup teammate Ludvig Abe...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - RJ Barrett scored 25 points, Brandon Ingram had 17 points and seven rebounds and the Toronto Raptors built a first-half lead, extended it in the third and coasted to a 128-96 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. Roo...

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - Lauren Coughlin continued her strong play at Shadow Creek even in windy conditions Friday that played havoc with the second-round scores at the Aramco Championship to shoot a 3-under 69 and open a five-shot lead. Coughlin w...

OTTAWA - Sandra Abstreiter made 39 saves to pick up her first shutout in the Professional Women's Hockey League and led the Montreal Victoire to a 3-0 win over the Ottawa Charge Friday night. Kaitlin Willoughby, with two goals, and Abby Roque scored fo...

CHICAGO (AP) - Tristan Peters capped a two-run 10th inning with an RBI single and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in a wild home opener on Friday. Toronto's Andrés Giménez tied at 3 in the eighth with a two-run homer against Jordan...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jack Hughes held the ball in his hands, occasionally tossing his latest souvenir in the air. Hughes had done "Saturday Night Live" and cherished the chance to chat with Lorne Michaels, then appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy F...

TORONTO - Toronto FC head coach Robin Fraser was a skilful defender during his playing days and he's proving to be a skilful defender as a manager, at least in terms of defending his players. That was apparent on Friday when Fraser was asked about the ...

TORONTO - Despite the challenges, Eli Horowitz said the Toronto Tempo front office was ready to put together a competitive roster for the team's inaugural season. The Tempo selected their first 11 players in the WNBA expansion draft -- alongside the Po...

OGDEN - Canada's Matt Dunstone will be playing for a gold medal on Saturday at the world men's curling championship. The Winnipeg-based team defeated Scotland 9-7 in a thrilling semifinal Friday evening, scoring a deuce in the ninth to go ahead 8-7 and...

NEW YORK - Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk was fined US$2,500 by the National Hockey League on Friday for unsportsmanlike conduct. The incident occurred midway through the first period of Ottawa's 4-1 home victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thur...

MILAN (AP) - Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso left his role "by mutual consent" on Friday, three days after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup. The Italian soccer federation announced the news in a statement thanking Gattu...

Sticker shock is still a thing for soccer fans wondering about the impact on ticket prices now that Canada finally knows its opponent for its FIFA World Cup opener on June 12 at Toronto. Had Italy won a UEFA qualifier earlier this week, prices would ...

The Grande Prairie Storm will have a familiar dance partner in the AJHL North Final. A 5-1 victory for the Whitecourt Wolverines led them to put the Fort McMurray Oil Barons away in five games. Now, the Storm will take on Whitecourt again for a chance to punch their ticket to the AJHL final; last season the two teams m...

Sport Excellence AwardsThe Sport Excellence Awards will be given out on Friday.The awards are being given out in 14 categories.The Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection says there are 45 nominees in those 14 categories.The awards cover accomplishments from 2025 in the area from Fox Creek and Slave Lake to the B.C. a...

Grande Prairie Storm forward Zachary Wilson was honoured as the 2025/2026 AJHL Most Dedicated Player and was presented with the Don McNabb Memorial Trophy.This honour is voted on by coaches and general managers from across the league and given to the player most dedicated to his team, with Wilson being a finalist last ...

Round 1 of playoffs belongs to the Grande Prairie Storm after beating the Lloydminster Bobcats in just four games. Wednesday's Game 4 saw the Storm score two power play goals and an empty netter to complete the sweep of the Bobcats with a final score of 5-3. Storm goalie Leland Gill was the Visiting Team Star of the Ga...

The Grande Prairie Storm now have a 3-0 lead in their playoff series with the Lloydminster Bobcats.The Storm won 6-3 Tuesday night (Mar.24) in Lloydminster.Connor Frost had two goals for Grande Prairie. Zachary Wilson scored a goal and had two assists. Colin Doherty had three helpers.The announced attendance was 1,274....

Peace Wapiti Public School Division is praising its students for their participation in the 2026 Arctic Winter Games.Sixteen PWPSD students competed in several different events for Team Alberta North while in Whitehorse, YT, from March 8-15.They were joined by Whispering Ridge Community School teacher Evan Senger as co...