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...

MONTREAL - Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper says captain Victor Hedman is nearing a return but won't play Friday night with the Lightning facing elimination. The Lightning trail the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 heading into Game 6 of their first-round series at th...

Cricket Canada announced Friday it has appointed Monty Desai as head coach of the men's national team, a move the organization hopes will bring stability as it deals with corruption allegations. It will mark the second stint in the job for the 51-year-...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have downgraded Brandon Ingram from questionable to doubtful for tonight's playoff game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Cleveland leads the best-of-seven series 3-2. Ingram left midway through the second quarter of Wednes...

MONTREAL - The Montréal Victoire won their second straight regular season title in the Professional Women's Hockey League but with that comes great responsibility: choosing their first-round opponent. Last year, Montreal's decision to choose third-plac...

REGINA - Mitch Picton is calling it a career. The Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver announced his retirement Friday. The 30-year-old Regina native played nine seasons with the CFL club. Picton will go out as a champion, having helped the Riders down Mo...

OTTAWA - The federal government is set to make a major funding announcement for a Canada Soccer national training centre today. A government source, who did not disclose how much funding will be announced, says the money will go to plan, design and pre...

ANAHEIM - The Edmonton Oilers, exiting the playoffs early this season after two marathon runs to the Stanley Cup final, were a dented and depleted team. The Oilers wilted under the fast and hungry Anaheim Ducks in a 5-2 loss in Thursday's Game 6 that e...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors look to extend their season when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 of their NBA Eastern Conference quarterfinal. The Cavaliers took a 3-2 lead in the series and pushed the Raptors to the brink of elimination with...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens look to channel a raucous crowd at the Bell Centre tonight as they seek to finish off the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of their NHL first-round playoff series. The Canadiens took a 3-2 lead in the hard-fought series w...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Leo Carlsson, Troy Terry and Chris Kreider had a goal and two assists apiece, and the Anaheim Ducks eliminated Connor McDavid the two-time defending Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers with a 5-2 victory in Game 6 of thei...

ANAHEIM - For the first time in three years, the Edmonton Oilers will not be seeing a Stanley Cup final. The Oilers were eliminated Thursday night thanks to a 5-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series. Edmonton hasn't ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Quinn Hughes led Minnesota to its first playoff series victory in 11 years, scoring twice in the Wild's 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 on Thursday night. Minnesota will face Presidents Trophy winner Colorado in the s...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Byron Buxton homered for the third time in four games and Ryan Jeffers hit a go-ahead, two-run drive that led the Minnesota Twins over the Toronto Blue Jays 7- 1 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series. Daulton Varsho h...

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - Alina Müller and Jamie Lee Rattray scored less than two minutes apart late in the second period, and the Boston Fleet beat the Ottawa Charge 2-1 on Thursday night to begin a best-of-five semifinal. Müller took a pass from Jessie El...

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) - Melanie Green got the surprise of her life with a hole-in-one she didn't know she made Thursday. It carried her to a 6-under 66 and a share of the lead with Brianna Do after the opening round of the Riviera Maya Open at ...

TAMPA - Kaiden Guhle and several of his teammates are about to enter uncharted territory. The Montreal Canadiens can close out their first-round series and eliminate the experienced Tampa Bay Lightning in front of a charged Bell Centre crowd in Game 6 ...

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...