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...

R-J Barrett's fortuitous winning shot with 1.2 seconds left in Friday's overtime reminded Toronto basketball fans of similar glory days in the NBA playoffs. Barrett's three-pointer from the top of the key hit off the back rim and bounced high above the...

TAMPA - They both finished the regular season with 106 points. And after six exciting playoff games, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens are still tied - in wins and in goals scored. Tonight it's Game 7, a win or go home showdown for the Atl...

CARSON, Calif. (AP) - Mathias Laborda scored in the 82nd minute for the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night in a 1-1 tie with the L.A. Galaxy. The Whitecaps (8-1-1), who were only the second Major League Soccer side in the post-shootout era (since 2...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Logan Stankoven scored twice to continue his post-season tear and the Carolina Hurricanes smothered the Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-0 victory Saturday night to open the second-round series. Jackson Blake also scored for Carolina, an...

ATLANTA (AP) - Saba Lobjanidze scored a goal in each half and Atlanta United rallied to beat CF Montreal 3-1 on Saturday night. Matty Longstaff took a pass from Prince Owusu and scored in the sixth minute to put Montreal (3-7-0) on top early. It was Lo...

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - Ronja Savolainen and Fanuza Kadirova each scored a goal, Gwyneth Philips had 30 saves, and the Ottawa Charge beat the Boston Fleet 3-1 on Saturday night at the Tsongas Center to level the best-of-five series at a game apiece. The ...

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) - Nelly Korda capped off a strong finish with a big drive and an 8-iron to 18 inches for eagle on the final hole Saturday, giving her another 5-under 67 that stretched her lead to three shots in the Riviera Maya Open at Ma...

OTTAWA - Keera Melenhorst scored twice in the first half and the Ottawa Rapid rallied from an early 2-1 deficit to beat the visiting Calgary Wild 5-2 in Northern Super League action on Saturday. Melanie Forbes, Florence Belzile and Choo Hyo-Joo also sc...

DORAL, Fla. (AP) - Cameron Young didn't have as easy of a time in the third round of the Cadillac Championship as he did while building a big lead Thursday and Friday. It didn't seem to matter, either. Young is still in full control at Trump National D...

VANCOUVER - A plan to cut lifeguards at Vancouver beaches has been reversed but not before it drew a response from musician Peter Gabriel, who recounted his own rescue from waters off a city beach ahead of a tour stop with David Bowie in 1983. The Vanc...

LAVAL - Jincy Roese had the puck at the top of the zone, and worked to get to the centre of the ice. When she saw Laura Stacey, who had three goals already, and Abby Roque in front of her, she had one thought. "This puck needs to get through." It did, ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kazuma Okamoto hit his third home run in two days, Brandon Valenzuela homered in an eight-run eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 11-4 Saturday afternoon. Lenyn Sosa and Myles Straw also went deep for Tor...

The San Diego Padres have reached an agreement to sell control of the team to an investor group led by Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano. The family of late owner Peter Seidler formally announced the deal Saturday. The sale must still be...

MONTREAL - Four overtimes. Six one-goal games. A single two-goal lead - lasting just 5:37 - in 360 minutes of hockey. It's only right that the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning are headed to Game 7 in a first-round series defined by razor-thin...

EDMONTON - Saying Saturday was not a day for big decisions or announcements, Edmonton Oilers general manager Stan Bowman did concede next season's team will "not be the same group as today." Two days after the Oilers were eliminated in six games in the...

TORONTO - The BMO Field stands were rocking on Saturday afternoon, especially during an achingly close chance for Toronto FC to pull out the win. Attacking midfielder Daniel Salloi chipped the ball towards the open goal from the right half-space outsid...

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...