Category Archives: Local Sports
Canada West Board approves revised 2020-2021 sport formats
EDMONTON, AB - Canada West has announced changes to its sport formats for the 2020-2021 season.As the university sport community prepares for an eventual return to play, the Canada West Board of Direc...
May 13, 2020
Recommendations made to reduce ENMAX Centre's reliance on tax dollars
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A major operational review of Lethbridge's largest arena has come back to city council.The report from KPMG was presented at this week's Community Issues Committee meeting with input ...
May 12, 2020
WHL ensuring "smooth transition" as Portland Winterhawks' parent company files for bankruptcy
PORTLAND, OR - The Western Hockey League (WHL) says it is doing everything it can to support one of their teams.According to a report from Oregon Live, Portland Winterhawks Inc. filed for Chapter 15 b...
May 10, 2020
Canadian amateur sport to receive $72 million in pandemic relief money
OTTAWA - Canada's amateur sports system will receive $72 million from a federal government emergency support fund to alleviate the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic.Federal Heritage Minister Steven G...
May 08, 2020 Federal Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault. (The Canadian Press)
Hurricanes G.M. named WHL Executive of the Year
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Hurricanes General Manager Peter Anholt has been given a prestigious award by the Western Hockey League (WHL).Having been recently named the Eastern Conference Executive of...
May 08, 2020 (WHL)
Kodiaks volleyball adds Clay Thierman to roster for 2020-2021 season
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Clay Thierman is now a Lethbridge College Kodiak.The Webb, Saskatchewan native has committed to the Kodiaks men's volleyball team for the 2020-2021 season. Thierman's previous experie...
May 07, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Kodiaks Athletics)
Pronghorns men’s soccer adds three new players to 2020 recruiting class
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Three new players have joined the fold of the U of L's soccer program.Southern Alberta's Will Hughes, Calgary resident Karim Bachir Bey and Kootenay Whitecap Academy player Cadel Goer...
May 07, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Pronghorns Athletics)
Multiple Kodiaks earn CCAA Academic All-Canadian honours
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Nine Lethbridge College Kodiaks student-athletes have received Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Academic All-Canadian honours.To be eligible, student-athletes must earn at lea...
May 07, 2020 L to R: Ben Knight, Christine Moser and Brock Dewsbery (Photo courtesy Kodiaks Athletics)
Hurricanes win WHL Business of the Year award
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes have received recognition from the Western Hockey League (WHL) for the organization's business acumen.The 'Canes have been named the league's Business of the...
May 06, 2020 (Photo courtesy the Lethbridge Hurricanes via www.lethbridgehurricanes.com)
Hurricanes sign third-round daft pick Logan Wormald
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes have inked Logan Wormald.The team's third-round draft pick in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft has signed a WHL Standard Player Agreement. The 15-year-old forward w...
May 06, 2020 Logan Wormald (Photo courtesy the Lethbridge Hurricanes at www.lethbridgehurricanes.com)