The 2024 Alberta Winter Games will be taking place this weekend in the City of Grande Prairie, The County of Grande Prairie, and the MD of Greenview. 

Games Manager Lisa Kerkhof says “This is an exciting time for our city. We will be welcoming 1900 athletes, 500 coaches and 250 officials into the region.”

The Winter Games are a multi-sport event giving youth aged 11 to 17 the opportunity to compete at a provincial level.

There will be 18 different sports for spectators to check out over the 4-day event. 

Grande Prairie has a history of hosting the Multi Sport Games. It hosted the 1980 Alberta Winter Games, the 2000 and 2018 Alberta Summer Games, the Canada Winter Games in 1995 and the Arctic Winter Games in 2010.

For more information on the 2024 Alberta Winter Games, visit https://www.2024awg.com

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