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Humble Boxing’s fierce group of fighters have done it again, recently winning three medals, including two gold, at the Canada Cup & Junior Youth Canadian Championships in Calgary.

The Avalanche now move to provincials, April 4 to 7, where they will take on the Sherwood Park Squires, the St. Albert Raiders Flyers, host LJAC Techmation Oil Kings, and the Calgary Flames.

The Vancouver Canucks announced they had signed former Cochrane resident and former Airdrie Xtreme player Ty Mueller to a a three-year entry level NHL deal this week.

The City of Airdrie honoured its 2023 Elite Athletes with a special ceremony at Genesis Place on Thursday evening.

After two quick wins on opening night of the 2024 Alberta Female Hockey League (AFHL) provincial championship, the Airdrie Lighting U15 AA Girls would lose their next three games, including the bronze medal match to Calgary Fire Red 4-0.

Amanda and Aaron Sluchinski, the curling couple from Airdrie, were one of three mixed doubles teams to represent Alberta at the 2024 Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

The Airdrie U16 Lightning were eliminated from the playoffs by the Okotoks Oilers with a final score of 4-2.

The Airdrie Lightning U15 AA are off to a hot start at the 2024 Alberta Female Hockey League provincial championship.

Spencer Bratton and Zach Vinuya, alongside two swimmers from Calgary, Julian Ha and Adrien Chen, took home bronze at the provincial championship in the 13 and under, 200 metre (m) freestyle relay.

The Airdrie Lightning U16 Tier 1 team hosted Okotoks in the second round of league playoffs on March 16 at Ron Ebbesen. Fans packed the stands of the Ron Ebbesen arena for game three of the second round that saw Airdrie fall to Okotoks 5-1.