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Storm win two to finish regular season, Manning leads NPHL final
Storm The Storm closed out the regular season with a pair of wins at home over the weekend. They beat Drayton Valley 4-1 Friday and 8-1 Saturday. The announced attendance was 1777 on Friday and 1979 on Saturday. The Storm will open the playoffs at home against Lloydminster this coming weekend. Game 1 will start Friday ...
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Local Hockey
Lumber Barons win NWJHL Championship
The La Crete Lumber Barons are this years NWJHL Champions after completing a sweep of the Fort St. John Huskies.The Lumber Barons captured the win Saturday night (March 14) with a score of 6-2 in the fourth game of the final series.With the win, the team finished playoffs with a 11-1 record and became NWJHL Champs for ...
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Hockey, ski hills this weekend
StormThe Storm host Drayton Valley Friday at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday at 6:00 p.m. to close out the regular season.More on the Storm can be found here.NWJHLThe Northwest Junior Hockey League final continues this weekend. La Crete will be in Fort St. John Friday, Saturday and Sunday.The Lumber Barons lead the series 2-0.G...
Mar 13, 2026
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GP Storm
Storm giving thanks to fans as they lead Alberta Jr. A in attendance
The Grande Prairie Storm led all Alberta Junior A teams in attendance this season, their third season in a row leading the AJHL. With still two home games left in the regular season, the Storm's total attendance sits at 36,376, with an average of 1,455 fans; that is 2,765 more than Lloydminster, which came in second in...
Mar 12, 2026
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Local Hockey
Canucks advance in NPHL, Storm win again in Devon
NPHLDawson Creek has advanced to the North Peace Hockey League final.The Canucks beat visiting Spirit River 5-2 Tuesday night to take the series in seven games. It was the first time the home team won a game in the series.Dawson Creek will be home to Manning Saturday in Game 1 of the Campbell Cup final. Face-off at 8:3...
Mar 11, 2026
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Curling
Team Skrlik parting ways
A post on the Team Skrlik social media page says, "our team has decided to go our separate ways." The post says the decision was made "after a lot of reflection." The Skrlik foursome won the Alberta women's title in 2023 and 2025, and also played in this year's Scotties as one of the pre-qualified ...
Mar 11, 2026
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Sports

WADA is weighing a rule to bar Trump and US officials from major events. Can it really do that?
The idea sounds outlandish, if not downright impossible. Leaders at the World Anti-Doping Agency are considering adopting a rule that could bar President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials from attending major international events - even i...
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Canadiens forward Kirby Dach out two to four weeks with upper-body injury
MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach will miss two to four weeks after leaving Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks with an upper-body injury, the team announced Tuesday. Ducks winger Jeffrey Viel caught an unsuspecting Dach with a high h...
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NHL's George Parros defends Gudas suspension after hit ends Matthews's season
MANALAPAN - George Parros is standing by the NHL's decision to suspend Anaheim Ducks defenceman Radko Gudas five games for a knee-on-knee hit that injured Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews, a punishment that has been criticized as too lenient. S...
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Iran's Mexico Embassy says Iran is negotiating with FIFA to move World Cup matches
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Iran's Embassy in Mexico on Tuesday said the country is negotiating with FIFA to move Iran's World Cup matches from the U.S. to Mexico after President Donald Trump discouraged the team from attending the tournament, citing safety con...
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Scores and schedule for Monday, March 16, 2026
Monday's Scoreboard NHL Detroit 5 Calgary 2 Pittsburgh 7 Colorado 2 Los Angeles 4 N.Y. Rangers 1 New Jersey 4 Boston 3 (OT) Utah 6 Dallas 2 --- NBA Atlanta 124 Orlando 112 Golden State 125 Washington 117 Boston 120 Phoenix 112 Portland 114 Brooklyn 95 ...
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Venezuela rallies past Italy 4-2 with 3-run 7th and will face US for World Baseball Classic title
MIAMI (AP) - Venezuelan players danced in the dugout before the first pitch, then pranced past Italy and into their nation's first World Baseball Classic final. Ronald Acuña Jr., Maikel Garcia and Luis Arraez hit run-scoring, two-out sing...
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NHL roundup: Kane scores twice to lead Red Wings to 5-2 win over Flames
DETROIT (AP) - Patrick Kane scored twice for Detroit to move into sole possession of fourth place on the all-time goals list for NHL players born in the U.S. and lead the Red Wings to a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday. Kane has 504 career...
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Kane scores twice to lead Red Wings over Flames 5-2 a in milestone night
DETROIT (AP) - Patrick Kane scored twice for Detroit to move into sole possession of fourth place on the all-time goals list for NHL players born in the U.S. as he led the Red Wings to a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night. Kane has 504...
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Manitoba sports organizations would track under-represented groups under new bill
WINNIPEG - Provincial amateur sports organizations in Manitoba may soon be required to track demographics and show efforts to make their sport more inclusive. A bill now before the legislature would require bodies that govern sports to obtain demograph...
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A heat wave with triple-digit temps is altering the MLB Cactus League schedule
PHOENIX (AP) - Bringing the heat in spring training is supposed to be about hard-throwing pitchers, not triple-digit temperatures like those that will impact Major League Baseball spring training games in Arizona for several days this week. Because of ...
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Lions say Canadian Football Hall of Famer Tom Brown has died at age 89
VANCOUVER - Canadian Football Hall of Famer Tom Brown, a three-time CFL all-star who won a Grey Cup with the B.C. Lions in 1964, has died, the team said Monday. He was 89. A two-time winner of the CFL's top lineman award, Brown played in 97 regular-sea...
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B.C. heli-ski company says snowboarder died in fall in a tree well
GOLDEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A British Columbia helicopter-ski company says that a snowboarder has died in the Kootenay region after falling in to a tree well. Great Canadian Heli-Skiing, based in Golden, B.C., says in a statement the person was...
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Local Hockey
Storm win two to finish regular season, Manning leads NPHL final
Storm The Storm closed out the regular season with a pair of wins at home over the weekend. They beat Drayton Valley 4-1 Friday and 8-1 Saturday. The announced attendance was 1777 on Friday and 1979 on Saturday. The Storm will open the playoffs at home against Lloydminster this coming weekend. Game 1 will start Friday ...
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Springer homers as Blue Jays beat Marlins 5-4 in Grapefruit League
JUPITER - George Springer hit a leadoff home run as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Miami Marlins 5-4 on Monday in a six-inning Grapefruit League game at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Springer also scored on a wild pitch in the third inning before Dault...
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Cost of rebuilding Alberta town's only ice rinks after explosion in the millions
EDMONTON - A hockey-loving town in southern Alberta that lost its only two ice rinks in a Zamboni explosion says it will cost millions to rebuild. Derrin Thibault, Taber's chief administrative officer, says council recently agreed to spend about $6 mil...
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Canadian angler Jeff Gustafson using Bassmaster Classic absence as motivation
Jeff Gustafson returned to his office Monday. The Kenora, Ont., angler was back in his Lund 2075 Pro-V bass boat on Alabama's Lake Guntersville for some fun fishing in not-so-fun conditions - 3 C temperatures with wind, cloud and wet snow. However, it ...
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Curling
Balderston, Bakker win Masters curling titles in Grande Prairie
The Kurt Balderston and Glenys Bakker rinks won the Masters men's and women's provincial championships Sunday, Mar. 8 at the Grande Prairie Curling Centre.Bakker defeated Cathy Borys 10-2 in the women's final.Balderston's Grande Prairie rink beat the Mickey Pendergast team from both Calgary and Red Deer 7-6 to take the...
Mar 09, 2026
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Local Hockey
Storm, NPHL updates
StormIt is the final week of the regular season for the Storm.They are in Devon Monday, Mar. 9 and Tuesday, Mar. 10,.Both games start at 7 p.m.The Storm then host Drayton Valley Friday, Mar. 13 and Saturday, Mar. 14 to close out the regular season.NPHLThe North Peace Hockey League semi-final between Spirit River and Da...
Mar 09, 2026
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Curling
Koe, Walker named First Team All-Stars at the Brier
The All-Star teams have been named at the Brier, and a couple of guys with connections to the Peace are on the First Team.The group includes Team Alberta skip Kevin Koe and Team Gushue lead Geoff Walker.Koe is a former resident of Grande Prairie. Walker is from Beaverlodge.The First Team also includes Team Manitoba-Dun...
Mar 08, 2026
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Grande Prairie Storm
Storm lose in Whitecourt
The Storm lost their second game of the week to the Wolverines Friday night, dropping a 4-2 decision in Whitecourt.Treysen Miller and Will Harris had the Storm goals.Whitecourt won 2-0 in Grande Prairie Tuesday night.The second-place Storm now trail the first-place Wolverines by seven points in the North Division stand...
Mar 07, 2026
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2026 Arctic Winter Games
Team Alberta North full of Peace Region locals heading into Arctic Games
The Arctic Winter Games will begin on Sunday, Mar. 9, in Whitehorse, Yukon, and run through the end of the week. The games, held every two years, were last hosted by Alaska in 2024, and saw Team Alberta North take third overall with 122 total podium finishes. The team says they now want to take that momentum into 2026....
Mar 07, 2026
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Local Sports
Hockey, curling, ski hills this weekend
StormThe Storm are in Whitecourt Friday night. Face-off time is set for 7 p.m.The Wolverines won 2-0 in Grande Prairie Tuesday night and are five points up on the second-place Storm in the North Division.Grande Prairie has a game in hand.NPHLSpirit River won 4-3 in Dawson Creek Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in thei...
Mar 07, 2026
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