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...

Canadian hockey romance "Heated Rivalry" has won a Peabody Award. The American awards honour excellence in storytelling that reflects social issues. Jurors say the show "inspired gay athletes to come out, boosted hockey sales and dispelled Hollywood's ...

VANCOUVER - For Hannah Miller, playing professional hockey in her hometown of Vancouver has been a dream come true. Just over 12 months ago, it was only a dream. Miller was playing for the Toronto Sceptres last April when the Professional Women's Hocke...

For those at the forefront of Canada's first women's professional soccer league, the goalposts are shifting heading into the second season. Season one was all about launching the Northern Super League, said Diana Matheson, the league's founder and chie...

FIFA's resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just under $2.3 million each. The $2,299,998.85 seats for the July 19 match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, are located behind a goal in the lower ...

MADRID - Canada's Leylah Fernandez kicked off her Madrid Open campaign Thursday with a straight-sets win over Julia Grabher. The 23-year-old from Laval, Que., seeded 24th, defeated the Austrian 6-2, 6-3 to improve to 3-0 all-time against the world No. ...

BROSSARD - Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said that his team is OK playing the role of the villain. The Montreal Canadiens are not taking the bait. Led by scrappy forward Brandon Hagel, the Lightning earned a physical 3-2 overtime win in Gam...

VANCOUVER - Even after being crowned champions, the Vancouver Rise believe there's room for growth. Expectations were high for the team heading into the Northern Super League's inaugural season last spring, said star midfielder Quinn. "We've always h...

TRENČÍN - Thomas Vandenberg scored 52 seconds into the game, and Canada cruised to a 6-0 win over Latvia on Thursday at the under-18 world hockey championship. Dima Zhilkin and Adam Valentini each had a goal and an assist for Canada, which outshot Latv...

ROME (AP) - Italian sports officials say four-time champion Italy is not interested in replacing Iran at the upcoming World Cup following a suggestion to that effect by a Trump administration official. Iran has not withdrawn from the Worl...

TORONTO - RJ Barrett has been waiting his whole life, all 25 years, to play post-season basketball in Toronto. The wait is finally over. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., will be in the starting lineup on Thursday night when the Raptors host the Clevela...

PARIS (AP) - Olympic Games events could return to Paris as soon as 2030. The Paris Entertainment Company, which operates the Adidas Arena and Accor Arena in the French capital, told The Associated Press on Thursday it has submitted a bid to host ice ho...

REGINA - Long snapper Jorgen Hus, the longest-serving member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, has retired after 10 seasons, the team announced Thursday. The 36-year-old Hus capped his career with a 25-17 win over the Montreal Alouettes in the 112th Gre...

OTTAWA - Tyler Kleven manoeuvred through a crowded locker room past cameras and microphones. The defenceman peeled off his Senators practice jersey as reporters hovered nearby following the team's morning skate. Kleven declared moments later he was rea...

LONDON - Canada will face Brazil in November with its Billie Jean King Cup standing on the line. The eighth-ranked Canadians, seeded second, dropped into the playoffs after a 3-1 loss to Kazakhstan in the qualifiers earlier this month. Bianca Andreescu...

New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will not be with the team for Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday, following the publication of photos of the coach and longtime NFL reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort. "As I sai...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Put aside the mock drafts because it's time for the real deal. The NFL draft is here in the Steel City. A total of 257 players will live out a dream and hear their name called over the course of the next three days, culminating a long...

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 ...