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Grande Prairie Storm 2025-26 Schedule
The Alberta Junior Hockey League has their full schedule out for the season. The regular season will begin on September 19, the Grande Prairie Storm will face the Whitecourt Wolverines at the Bonnetts Energy Centre. The Storm

AJHL Storm Sign Two From La Crete
The AJHL’s Grande Prairie Storm have signed a couple of players from the La Crete Lumber Barons. Forward Cole Penner and defenseman Rydley Gerbrandt have each signed a Letter of Intent to join the Storm for the

Wheatbelt Baseball League Schedule Announced
Baseball will soon be back in the Peace Region. The Wheatbelt Baseball League has announced their schedule for the regular season. All seven teams in the league (Peace River Stampeders, Grimshaw Huskies, Manning Mets, High Prairie Sauce,

Mighty Peace Basketball League Schedule
Some basketball action will soon be happening in the peace region. The Mighty Peace Basketball League has released their schedule for the season which will start on May 4. Six teams are taking part, games will happen

NPHL President Talks About League Growth And Possible Expansion
The North Peace Hockey League is taking a lot of good things out of this past season. Micheal Mercredi, the President of the League, says they’ve been able to build on some momentum to help grow the

Mighty Peace Basketball League Returning
The Mighty Peace Basketball League is getting ready for another season. League President Nick Gagnon says that this year’s setup will be very similar to last season. “We’ve made a couple of changes. We moved the venue

Nampa Man Pushing For NPHL Expansion
A man from Nampa is leading an effort to get an expansion team in the NPHL. Jeff Campbell says this is a plan that he’s had for quite some time. “I was part of the Bantam A

Para Cup Sledge Hockey Event Coming To Dawson Creek
A big international sledge hockey tournament will be coming to the Peace Region. Dawson Creek will be hosting the 2025 Para Cup from November 30 to December 6. This event will be the last big international event

Preparations Going Well For Pond Hockey Championships
Final preparations are going well for the 2025 Alberta Pond Hockey Championships. After warm weather prevented any hockey happening last year, organizer Dave Allen says he’s not concerned about being impacted by mother nature this year. Some

NPHL Semi-Finals
Four teams remain in the playoffs in the North Peace Hockey League in the battle for the Campbell Cup as the league champions. The opening round ended up being a short one. Three of the series (Manning

NWJHL Semi-Finals
The NWJHL playoffs continue as we’re now into the semi-finals. Four teams remain in the battle for the league championship. In the North-South Division, the La Crete Lumber Barons will face the Beaverlodge Blades. The East-West Division,

Ski Hill Profiles – Fairview
Our profiles of local ski hills continues with our focus today on the Fairview Ski Hill. Ray Bourget of the Fairview Ski Hill says while more snow this year has been exciting, there was some nervousness at

Ski Hill Profiles – Manning
We continue our ski hill profiles as today, we go to Manning. Katie Koch is the president of the Manning & District Ski Club, says the season has been going well despite a bit of a slow

NWJHL Playoff Preview
The post-season get underway this week in the NWJHL. This past season saw the league split it’s eight clubs into two divisions. The East-West division had the North Peace Navigators, Fairview Flyers, Dawson Creek Kodiaks and Fort

NPHL Playoff Preview
The North Peace Hockey League has completed their regular season, now it’s time for the playoffs. The Manning Comets took home the Lawrence Cup for the best record in the regular season, they had a record of

Ski Hill Profiles – Misery Mountain
We continue our look at local ski hills by checking in on the Misery Mountain Ski Hill in Peace River. Chris Johnson at Misery Mountain says the more snow we’ve had this year has provided both relief

Ski Hill Profiles – Whispering Pines (Worsley)
We’re going to be taking a look over the next little bit at some ski hills around the Peace region. Over at the Whispering Pines Ski Hill near Worsley, Corrine Wasylciw says with the amount of snow

Battle Of The Badges Set For Saturday
Local firefighters and police officers will be hitting the ice for a charity hockey game on Saturday. The “Battle of the Badges” will take place at the Baytex Energy Centre. Organizer Drew Keddie says the preparations for

Falher’s Lebreque Preparing for Powerlifting Nationals
A 12 year old girl from Falher will be competing at the national championships for powerlifting. Grace Lebreque will be the youngest competitor at the nationals happening from February 22 to March 2 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

NWJHL Announces All-Star Rosters
The NWJHL will have their all-star game taking place on January 19 in Sexsmith. All-Star teams from the two divisions (East/West and North/South) will face each other in the game and the league has announced the rosters

Grimshaw’s Fawcett Lands New Home In WHL
A big trade in the WHL recently saw Grimshaw’s Keets Fawcett wind up on a new team. Fawcett was traded from the Calgary Hitmen to the Regina Pats, he says there’s some parts of his game he’s