While many are focused on the competitions taking place at the 2019 Canada Winter Games, there is a group of unique volunteers here sharing stories about their homeland. Nine members of the Nunavut Ambassador Program are in Red Deer as accredited volunteers and have been teaching people about some of the traditions of ...

Red Deer athlete reaches goal in archery The individual female compound archery playoffs wrapped up Thursday at Westerner Park. Kaitlyn Wiley from Red Deer fell short in her quarterfinal match, losing to Ontario's Abigail Bunn. Despite what she described as a tough competition, Wiley is happy on how she performed. &quo...

Medals, medals and more medals. By the time competition was over, Wednesday was Team Alberta's best day yet at the 2019 Canada Winter Games with a most impressive haul of 17 medals. With three days of competition remaining, the home province appears on its way to reacings its goal of finishing in the top three in the o...

Players from Canada's U18 Women's hockey team participated in a fun game of road hockey at the 2019 Canada Winter Games Athletes' Village at RDC on Wednesday. All but two players from Canada's gold medal winning team at the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in Japan last month are now representing their province at t...

It was Super Tuesday for Team Alberta at the 2019 Canada Winter Games with home province athletes earning 13 medals (five gold, five silver and three bronze). The last time Alberta had a 12-medal day was February 23, 2011, in Halifax. Red Deer's own Kalena Soehn and Zach Blakely, who won medals Monday in the individual...

Alberta has had a solid start to the 2019 Canada Winter Games curling competition with both the men's and women's teams opening with strong performances. On the men's side, Alberta has started the tournament at 3-1 through their first four games with wins over Quebec, Northwest Territories and most recently a tight win...

The Canada Winter Games provides an amazing opportunity for so many athletes and coaches, including women and girls who might otherwise not be involved in sport. Monday night, the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) held a panel discussion at Coach House in Athletes' Village at RDC with a focus on keeping girls in spo...

Save for one broken down bus which caused a short delay to competition, the Calgary portion of the 2019 Canada Winter Games went off without a hitch. Artistic swimming was held during week one at the Repsol Sport Centre, and halfpipe athletes will battle it out at Canada Olympic Park during week two. Alpine skiing even...

Red Deer athletes won not one, but two medals on home turf Monday night at the 2019 Canada Winter Games. They came in the high-flying trampoline competition at the Collicutt Centre. Kalena Soehn won the gold medal in the Individual Female event with a score of 51.170. Soehn explained the feelings she had during her rou...

The second week of competition got underway Sunday at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer. At the Pidherney Curling Centre, both Alberta teams were in action in the opening draw a facing Quebec. The men's team easily took a 7-1 victory over Quebec in six ends while the women's team earned a 6-3 victory in seven en...