Red Deer Rebels forward Ollie Josephson is a gold medallist once again.Josephson and Team Canada won gold on Sunday at the IIHF U18 World Championship, taking place in Finland.Canada beat the United States in the final by a score of 6-4.Josephson had three assists in seven games during the tournament.Josephson previous...

The Red Deer Regional Health Foundation has been named the 2024 CPKC Women's Open Community Partner.It has the potential to benefit the foundation with up to $250,000 in matching donations.The CPKC Women's Open goes July 23-28 in Calgary."The combined efforts of the Foundation and CPKC, fueled by the generosity of...

Red Deer's bid to host the 2025 Telus Cup has come up just short.The tournament is the national championship for the men's U18 AAA level.Red Deer Minor Hockey (RDMH) told rdnewsNOW in March that it was hoping to host.Instead, it will be the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds of the B.C. Elite Hockey League hosting it April 21-...

Kevin Watson, a longtime fixture of the Red Deer broadcasting scene, is joining the AJHL's Old Grizzlys as manager of business operations.Watson brings over 30 years of experience in media to the club, including a wealth of business knowledge."I moved to Red Deer to work in radio the spring of 1990, and the follow...

The Red Deer Rebels are dropping the interim tag off of Dave Struch's head coaching title.Struch joined the club in early March, and led the team to a 3-4-1-0 record down the stretch.The team then won its opening round playoff series, but then bowed out in four against the WHL's top team in Saskatoon."[I'm] very e...

The Red Deer Rebels have been named the 2023-24 winner of the Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy as Scholastic Team of the Year. The award was renamed in 2019 after Donlevy who was the league's longtime director of education services. He passed away in August that year following a battle with cancer. "On behalf of the Re...

As it turns out, the Whitecourt Wolverines don't appear to be going anywhere, and expansion, not relocation, is on the horizon for the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL).The Wolverines now previous ownership team, NAX Athletics Group, was granted an expansion team on Friday by the AJHL, which will be located in Devon....

The Central Alberta Buccaneers are getting closer to what should be an exciting 2024 Alberta Football League (AFL) season.The team's six-game regular season schedule begins June 1, with subsequent games June 8, June 15, June 22, July 6 and July 13 (full schedule below).Paul Jensen, team chairman and defensive lineman, ...

St. Patrick's Community School's Celtics Esports Team Green clinched the U-15 title at the Esports Canada EDU 2024 Spring Rocket League Tournament this weekend. On April 20, the event showcased esports competition among 30 teams from across the country over two age categories. "The St. Patrick's Celtics Team Green...

Hockey Canada has announced the addition of five players to Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team for the 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship, April 25-May 5, in Espoo and Vantaa, Finland. Goaltender: Jack Ivankovic (Mississauga, ON/Mississauga, OHL)Forwards: Ollie Josephson (Victoria, BC/Red Deer, WHL) and Maxim Mass&eac...