SportsRed Deer
Red Deer Rockets softball team takes silver at Special Olympics Canada Games
The Red Deer-based squad went undefeated through round-robin play before falling in the gold-medal game at the Medicine Hat tournament.
Source: rdnewsNOW
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Special Olympics
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SportsMedicine Hat
Prince Albert athlete wins bocce gold, interviews Governor General in Medicine Hat
Tanner Svenson went undefeated through five bocce matches at the 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games while also pursuing his broadcasting ambitions.
Source: CHAT News Today
SportsMedicine Hat
Special Olympics Canada Summer Games wrap up in Medicine Hat with $12M boost
More than 1,700 athletes, coaches and officials competed across 10 sports in the southeast Alberta city, an event organizers spent up to eight years planning.
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CommunityMedicine Hat
94-year-old Ken Sauer helped bring Special Olympics Games to Medicine Hat
Dr. Ken Sauer, a former Medicine Hat city councillor and school superintendent, has spent 80 years volunteering in the community he helped put on the national map.
Source: CHAT News Today
SportsMedicine Hat
Regina golfer scores hole-in-one at Special Olympics Canada Games in Medicine Hat
Team Saskatchewan's Taylor Carter sank a 135-yard ace on the 16th hole during the final round of competition at Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club.
Source: CHAT News Today
NewsProvince-wide
This Week in Alberta: Special Olympics Wrap-Up, Weather Warnings and a Legal Settlement
Medicine Hat closed out a successful national Special Olympics Games while weather warnings hit Red Deer and Lethbridge, and a court approved a multimillion-dollar settlement for WestJet flight attendants.
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SportsMedicine Hat
Special Olympics Canada Summer Games wrap up Saturday in Medicine Hat
Medal events in basketball, bocce, soccer and tenpin bowling close out the week-long national competition as Ribfest and other weekend events also run in the city.
Source: CHAT News Today
BusinessMedicine Hat
Special Olympics Games generated $12M for Medicine Hat, chamber says
The Southeast Alberta Chamber of Commerce says the 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games brought a major economic boost while putting the region in the national spotlight.
Source: CHAT News Today
SportsMedicine Hat
Medicine Hat's Mitchell MacDonald to bowl for Team Alberta at 2026 Special Olympics Games
Mitchell MacDonald, a Medicine Hat 10-pin bowler who represented Canada at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi, will compete on home soil as the city hosts the national event.
Source: CHAT News Today
CommunityMedicine Hat
Lieutenant Governor praises Medicine Hat's hosting of Special Olympics Games
Salma Lakhani, on her second visit to Medicine Hat, credited local volunteers for the success of the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games, which run through Saturday.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
CommunityMedicine Hat
Medicine Hat's Corbin Mayer completes cross-Alberta Special Olympics torch run
The torch relay wrapped up with a Solar Plunge in Medicine Hat, raising funds for local Special Olympics programming ahead of the Summer Games opening ceremony.
Source: CHAT News Today
SportsMedicine Hat
Special Olympics Canada Summer Games kick off in Medicine Hat
Athletes from across Canada began competing Tuesday in softball, soccer, basketball, bocce and tenpin bowling as the week-long Games got underway, with all events free for spectators.
Source: CHAT News Today
CommunityMedicine Hat
Governor General Louise Arbour to attend Special Olympics Games in Medicine Hat
Arbour's Aug. 10-13 visit marks the first time a governor general has attended the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games and her first trip to Medicine Hat.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, EverythingGP, CHAT News Today
CommunityMedicine Hat
Medicine Hat's Big Marble Go Centre earns first sensory-inclusive rec centre status in Alberta
The certification arrives days before the facility hosts events for the 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games.
Source: CHAT News Today