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The St. Paul Lions hosted its annual Spring Jamboree at St. Paul Regional on Saturday afternoon, welcoming teams from Cold Lake, Bonnyville and St. Francis Xavier in Edmonton to take part in the fast-paced afternoon of football.

Rene Bourque called me at home this morning for an interview we'd arranged the day before. It was a strange call, but i think I got away with it.

Months into the offseason and the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs are still finding ways give back to the community. The team recently donated a large basket of soap and shampoo along with $250 cash to the Columbus House of Hope, a women's shelter in St.

Lac La Biche's NHL hero Rene Bourque has skated into the hearts of Canadian hockey fans with a hat-trick in the Montreal Canadiens' 7-4 win Tuesday night in Game 5 of its playoff series with the New York Rangers.

St. Paul Regional High School had a successful afternoon as hosts of the St.

Three Bonnyville football players will be representing the region at the upcoming 2014 Alberta Summer Games after being selected to the Zone 7 bantam football team roster.

The Lac La Biche Open Rodeo May 23 will be the first of three rodeos in town this summer. The event, aimed at luring in new riders who aren't members of a rodeo association, is part of what organizer Billy McDonald hopes is growth in the sport.

Celebrations will have to be kept to a minimum over the course of the next week as the U16 Lady Rhinos club volleyball team prepare themselves for the Open Western Nationals after battling hard to claim victory at the provincial championships earlier

Elk Point’s Mark Letestu of the Columbus Blue Jackets is back in his hometown following a first round exit from the NHL postseason at the hands of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The RCMP Road Race took off down Highway 28 on Tuesday morning despite some of the coldest temperatures in the event's 34-year history, but it didn't stop St. Paul Regional and Racette from continuing their dominance on the asphalt.