Red Deer is getting a ‘thumbs up’ for its work during week one of the 2019 Canada Winter Games. David Patterson, President and CEO of the Canada Games Council is learning what many already knew, that Red Deer and central Alberta are second to none when it comes to volunteer spirit. "The volunteers have...

The first week of competition has wrapped up at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, and it was a great week for home province athletes. Alberta is sitting in second in the medal standings with 44 medals. Quebec is leading with 87 medals, and Ontario is third with 42 medals. Alberta won 16 gold medals (surpassing ...

The ringette tournament at the 2019 Canada Winter Games had no shortage of memorable moments, and was a stand-out event in first week of competition. Teams had an exhausting week of play with first battling battling in the group stage, followed by the qualification round, then the playoff round. Most games took place i...

It was an electric atmosphere at the Westerner Park Centrium Friday night as Team Ontario and Team Quebec faced off in the gold medal game for male hockey at the 2019 Canada Winter Games. After building an early lead before falling behind, Team Quebec came back to defeat Ontario 4-3 in overtime to claim gold. Quebec op...

Two local curling stars competing at our country's highest level say the Canada Winter Games played a key role in launching their careers. Lacombe native Colin Hodgson won gold at the 2007 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, YT playing third on Team Alberta skipped by Red Deer's Joel Peterman. "The Canada Games was...

The Canada Winter Games has produced many decorated athletes, but one stands alone as the most decorated athlete in Games history. Felix Dolci, artistic gymnast from Team Quebec, has now won 11 medals over two Canada Winter Games. He won six medals in 2015 in Prince George, and he has picked up another five here in Red...

Therapy dogs from St. John Ambulance paid a visit to the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre on Friday. Dylan and Booker were there to show comfort and support to athletes competing at the Games. Sandi Misselbrook, Manager of Community Service for St. John Ambulance in Alberta explains why these dogs come out to big eve...

A three-part survey being conducted by Red Deer College faculty members will assess the impact of the 2019 Canada Winter Games on students, staff and faculty. Part one, which asked respondents what they anticipated the impacts would be, was done prior to the Games. The next phase will take place immediately following t...

Thursday was another great day for Team Alberta at the 2019 Canada Winter Games with home province athletes racking up 10 more medals. Alberta swimmers won two gold medals on the last day of competition in artistic swimming at the pool of the Repsol Centre in Calgary. The morning session saw Jamie Czarkowski of Calgary...

Alberta will play for bronze in men's hockey at the 2019 Canada Winter Games after a crushing 8-4 loss to Ontario in semifinals action Thursday night at the Centrium. It was a rematch of the gold medal game from the 2015 Canada Winter Games where Ontario also prevailed. Ontario came out strong and took the lead just 1:...