Local Sports

Lacombe's senior hockey fans get their beloved moniker back

We can once again call Lacombe's senior hockey team the Generals.Formerly the North Central Hockey League's Eckville Eagles, the franchise relocated to Lacombe over the summer. However, there was stil...

Nov 24, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

RDC rec program looks to join Canadian College Baseball Conference

The Red Deer College Rec Royals are attempting to join the Canadian College Baseball Conference (CCBC).Trent Rix, Director, Ancillary and Sport Services, says these are very early days, but the league...

Nov 23, 2019

More stars announced for NHL Legends of Toronto charity game

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer and District and Boys & Girls Club of Red Deer and District is excited to announce the next round of former Toronto Maple Leafs players joining the NHL Legends...

Nov 20, 2019 Tiger Williams (Photo: nhl.com)

Locals honoured with Baseball Alberta year-end awards

Red Deer Minor Baseball has been honoured as the 'Large Association of the Year' for 2019 by Baseball Alberta, who announced its year-end award recipients this week.Dari Rodriguez of the Red Deer Brav...

Nov 20, 2019

Rogers Hometown Hockey less than two weeks away

Only a week and a half remains until Rogers Hometown Hockey rolls into Red Deer on Nov. 30 - Dec. 1.To kick off the celebrations, The City of Red Deer is hosting a free community skate this Saturday, ...

Nov 19, 2019

Hockey Canada dropping ‘midget,’ other traditional minor age group names

CALGARY - Hockey Canada is changing its traditional age group names, including "midget," a year after some other sports organizations stopped using the term.The governing body of hockey in Canada anno...

Nov 18, 2019

Champions crowned at the Red Deer Curling Classic

A pair of late comebacks Monday made for an exciting end to the 2019 edition of the Red Deer Curling Classic at the Pidherney Centre. Skip James Pahl and his Edmonton team of third Glen Kennedy, secon...

Nov 18, 2019

Thurber football star to hit the field Grey Cup

Lindsay Thurber Raiders football star Will Moir is headed to the 107th Grey Cup in Calgary. The Nissan Kickoff Project brings together 70 high school football players from across the country for the C...

Nov 16, 2019 (Supplied photo)

Red Deer Curling Classic this weekend

The Red Deer Curling Classic returns to the Pidherney Centre this weekend. An annual part of the World Curling Tour season, the event features 28 men's teams competing in a triple knockout tournament ...

Nov 14, 2019

Canyon Ski Resort opens for season this weekend

Canyon Ski Area east of Red Deer opening their runs to skiers and snowboarders this Saturday (Nov. 16).They had been hoping to open up for the season on Monday until warm weather brought their snow ma...

Nov 13, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)