Category Archives: Local Sports

Podcast: Pro women's football expanding to Canada, and Red Deer could be a target
Podcast also available on Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple PodcastsThe Women's Football Alliance (WFA) is expanding to Canada, and it says Red Deer isn't out of the question for getting a franchise.Fou...
Jun 13, 2025

Red Deer's Nicholas Bennett to compete for Canada at World Para Swimming Championships
Nicholas Bennett, who trains with the Red Deer Catalina Swim Club, has been selected to compete at the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore this fall.He's just one of 19 swimmers selected by...
Jun 13, 2025

Calgary Surge embraces community ahead of first-ever Surge 2 Red Deer game next week
Growing up just outside of Toronto, Javonte Brown never had the same opportunities in basketball as the kids who lived in the city.That's why it's been important for Brown, who's suiting up in his roo...
Jun 13, 2025

Rebels sign second-round picks Chace Turchak and Owen Archer
The Red Deer Rebels announced they've signed a pair of players who were selected in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.This includes forward Chace Turchak and ...
Jun 12, 2025

Sylvan Lake's Battle at the Beach returns this Saturday
It should be a beautiful weekend for the 7th annual Battle at the Beach returns to Sylvan Lake.Registration is now closed for the event, taking place June 14-15, and it does go rain or shine.Teams wil...
Jun 12, 2025

WATCH: Rimbey's Dean Edge becomes third Canadian to win World Livestock Auctioneering Championship
Rimbey's Dean Edge is the World Livestock Auctioneering champion.Competing in Dunlap, Iowa earlier this month, Edge is just the third Canadian to win the title, which debuted in 1963.The last was also...
Jun 12, 2025

Rebels sign 2025 first-round pick
The Red Deer Rebels have signed their first round pick from 2025.Nolan Wolitski, a defenseman from St. Albert, was selected by the Rebels seventh overall at the WHL Prospects Draft, held last month.Pe...
Jun 11, 2025

A retrospective, as the Red Deer Tennis Club welcomes community June 14 to celebrate 125th anniversary
Started in 1900, the Red Deer Tennis Club is celebrating its 125th anniversary this weekend with a day-long celebration.The shindig takes place Saturday, June 14, from 12-8 p.m., at the club's long-ti...
Jun 11, 2025

Podcast: Olympic & Paralympic heroes, college record holders, among vaunted 2025 Alberta Sports Hall of Fame class
Not a single accomplishment belonging to any of this year's inductees into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame would've been possible without community.That was a common thread among the messages inductee...
Jun 09, 2025

Rebels sign defenceman Nate Yellowaga
The Red Deer Rebels have signed left-shooting defenceman Nate Yellowaga to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.The 17-year-old from Calgary was drafted by the Rebels in round nine, 194th overa...
Jun 09, 2025