Grande Prairie Piranhas Swim Team member Oliver Dawson won the 200 metre breaststroke at the Canadian Olympic swim trials Wednesday in Toronto.Dawson lowered his own personal best time in the final after breaking the Canadian record for 15 to 17 year olds and the provincial record earlier in the day during preliminarie...

The Storm have promoted Beaverlodge product Chris Schmidt to head coach. He has been with the team as an assistant coach for the past three years. "I am excited for the opportunity to be stepping into the role of head coach. It's a great privilege to be able to work with these young, dedicated athletes who are wor...

One game on Wednesday night will kick off the 2024 Wheatbelt Baseball League season.The Grimshaw Huskies will visit the Peace River Stampeders. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:15.There is also a game Thursday. Rycroft will visit the County Brewers. The start time there will also be 7:15 p.m.For the second time in as...

One province won both gold medals at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships played in Grande Prairie. Ontario beat Alberta 3-0 in the girl's gold medal game Saturday at the Design Works Centre.Ontario also won the boy's gold medal, beating Saskatchewan 4-0 in the final.Organizers cancelled both bronze medal games...

Grande Prairie will be well-represented at Swimming Canada's 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Trials.They will start Monday, May 13 and continue through Sunday, May 19 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.Seven members of the Grande Prairie Piranhas Swim Team will be competing.That includes Marissa and Mikayla Laurin, Domini...

The 2024 National Aboriginal Hockey Championship has made the difficult decision to cancel it's Bronze medal games for both the Males and Females.The cause was credited to the ongoing wildfire situation in the Peace region. Photo Courtesy NAHCAt this time, the Gold Medal games remain in place; on the Women's side it wi...

The 3D Children's Society Annual Soccer and Hockey Tournament is getting underway today (Friday, May 10) starting at 8:30 a.m. Hosted at the Community Knowledge Campus, money raised from this event will go towards the families of kids with serious medical needs. In 2019, the organization hit a massive milestone after r...

Friday is semi-final day at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.Girl's On the girl's side, Alberta will play Manitoba at 5 p.m. while British Columbia plays Ontario at 9 p.m.Alberta and Ontario are both unbeaten in four games and had byes in the semi-final round. The winners will meet in the gold medal game Sa...

Grande Prairie's Leigh Goldie is one of three inductees this year for the Volleyball Alberta Hall of Fame.Goldie was a teacher and coach with the then-called Grande Prairie Regional College for over 40 years. He is being inducted in the Builder category. Goldie will join former Wolves men's and women's coach Ron Thomso...

A huge crowd gathered at St. Joe's High School last night to hear a presentation from a former player for Canada's women's hockey team.Brigette Lacquette was the first ever First Nations player named to Team Canada and went on to win silver medals at the Olympics and World Championships.Lacquette says she wants to tell...

Northwestern Polytechnic is saying goodbye to their Women's Volleyball Coach.Lauren Hale-Miller will be leaving NWP after five seasons to begin her role as head coach for the University of New Brunswick's REDS Women's Volleyball team.Hale-Miller is a graduate of UNB and has a coaching history that spans six provinces, ...

The City of Grande Prairie has shared a statement from Mayor Jackie Clayton, welcoming those part of the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship to Grande Prairie:"I am pleased to welcome the athletes, coaches and spectators who have travelled from across the country to Grande Prairie for the 2024 National Aborigi...

Team Canada bobsleigh pilot will be among those working with young athletes that come for testing when RBC Training Ground stops in Grande Prairie Monday.Eden Wilson is hoping sharing her story will provide some encouragement for others."When it comes to what's available to athletes if they pursue a sport at a nat...

Fourteen teams from across the country, seven girls squads and seven boys, are in Grande Prairie for the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.That will include 350 players, aged 14 to 17.There will also be 100 coaches, plus officials and spectators, at this tournament.Host Society Vice Chair Chenoa Esau says there ...

The search for new athletes to compete for Canada will come to Grande Prairie Monday, May 6. RBC Training Ground is a chance for young athletes aged 14 to 25 to be tested on their power, strength, endurance, and speed. Scouts from close to a dozen sports will be there. Albertan Sam Effah, a two-time Canadian champion i...

The Grande Prairie Piranhas host the Northern Lights Invitational swim meet Friday through Sunday at the Eastlink Centre. City Hall says in a release that 400 athletes and fans are expected. This means that on Friday, the diving boards are not available all day and the 50-metre pool and Flow Rider are unavailable betwe...

The defending B.C. Men's curling champions have announced the team is breaking up after one season together.Team Catlin Schneider had included Jason Ginter of Dawson Creek (second from left) and Sterling Middleton from Fort St. John (second from right).They won the B.C. men's title in Esquimalt and carried the province...

The Dawson Creek Spring Break-Up Rodeo is set for Friday and Saturday at the Ovintiv Events Centre. Start time is 7:00 PM B.C. time both days. There was also a junior rodeo held earlier on Friday. The slack goes at noon on Saturday. Tickets at www.lakeviewtix.caHigh school rodeo at Evergreen ParkThe Alberta High School...

A Grande Prairie-born, Saskatoon-raised player is going into the Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame.Gavin Schmidt played for the national team from 2007 to 2016 after playing in the ACAC and at the university level.He won a bronze medal with Team Canada at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto and represented our country in the...

The winners of the Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection's 2024 Northwest Alberta Sport Excellence awards were announced at a ceremony at Clarkson Hall on Friday, April 12.Two new categories were added this year, the Junior Official of the Year award, and the Spirit of Sport award.Thirteen athletes, community member...

Chanse Vigen and Dayton Sutherland tied for the top bid among drivers from the Peace at Thursday's tarp auction for the Calgary Stampede's Rangeland Derby.The tarps on their wagons sold for $160,000.00 each. They were third overall behind Kris Molle's $210,000.00 and Kurt Bensmiller's $175,000.00. Molle drew the top bi...

Some local sports people will be recognized tonight (Friday, April 12) at the Northwest Alberta Sport Excellence Awards.They are taking place at Clarkson Hall in Evergreen Park.The awards are being given out in a dozen categories, including Male and Female Athlete of the Year, along with awards for coaches, officials a...

The chuckwagon auction for the Calgary Stampede's Rangeland Derby is set for tonight (Thursday April 11).There are 27 drivers included in the auction.That includes five with connections to the Peace: Cody Ridsdale; Kirk, Mitch and Dayton Sutherland, and Chanse Vigen. Layne MacGillvray is the defending champion. The Ran...

Some local sledge hockey players came home from a recent tournament with a silver medal.The team from Grande Prairie's Wolverines Wheelchair Sports Association took part in the Matt Cook Western Canada Sledge Hockey Tournament over Easter weekend in Calgary.The Wolverines dropped the gold medal game in the Intermediate...

Junior B provincials continue in Peace River today.Yesterday, La Crete beat Wainright 3-1 moving to a perfect 3-0 record in the tournament, while the Navigators dropped their game to Okotoks 5-3, making them 1-2.Today, the Lumber Barons took the morning game 3-0 and are now perfect through the round-robin, solidifying ...

Junior B hockey provincials are taking place in Peace River until April 7. Two teams from the NWJHL will be representing the Peace, as the Lumber Barons are the league champions, and the Navigators were chosen as the host city and will serve as the sixth team in the tournament. To kick off the tournament last night, (W...

Team North had a successful showing at the Alberta Bowling Provincials over the weekend, accomplishing something that hasn't been done in their 50-year history of competing. Hosted at HJ's Five Pin Bowling, Team North shined in the team events, taking 4th in the Ladies' Division, 5th in Mixed Teams, and for the first t...

BaseballRegistration for Grande Prairie Minor Baseball is open through Good Friday. The season starts in May. Grande Prairie Minor Baseball is also holding a female youth baseball session April 13 from 10 a.m. to noon. There is no charge. Anyone interested in either of these can check the Grande Prairie Minor Baseball ...