London Knights beat Medicine Hat Tigers 4-1 for 3rd Memorial Cup title
Jacob Julien and Easton Cowan also scored and Austin Elliott made 31 saves to help the Ontario Hockey League champion Knights win the junior hockey championship a year after losing in the final to host Saginaw.
After a 3-1 loss to Western Hockey League champion Medicine Hat on Tuesday night in round-robin play, London beat Moncton 5-2 on Friday night in the semifinal game to set up the rematch with the Tigers.
London also won the Memorial Cup in 2005 and 2016. The Knights are owned by former NHL players Dale and Mark Hunter and Basil McRea, with Dale Hunter serving as president and coach and Mark Hunter as general manager. Dale Hunter won his third title to match former Kamloops and Vancouver coach Don Hay's record.
Medicine Hat star Gavin McKenna spoiled Elliott's shutout bid early in the third period, and Harrison Meneghin stopped 20 shots for the Tigers. They won the Memorial Cup in 1987 and 1988.
Julien opened the scoring midway through the first period. Cowan, a first-round pick by Toronto, and Barkey scored in a 1:40 span early in the second and Barkey made it 4-0 on a power play with 7:52 left in the period.
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A community of stalls: Why Edmonton loves farmers' markets
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If you were to profile the average farmers' market visitor, you'd find that the person is a) passionate about food and b) wants to support local farms and businesses. Chartrand's guests ask about what they're eating, and he's happy to point them in the direction of the vendors just down the aisles. When he cooks something with haskap berries, he shows the diners where they can find them in the market. He sends them off to discover mead, or to another vendor to learn everything there is to learn about maple syrup. 'It's way more fun to be here than a traditional restaurant,' he says. 'It's not about the bottom line. I'm not going to make a lot of money.' But, the market allows Chartrand to do what he loves most; cook and talk about his passions in far-off places. The farmers' market offered him the chance to cook at home, but also a few days off during the week when he could travel. And, it gave him the chance to cook Indigenous dinners, with storytelling that's meant to be honest, not pompous. Chartrand is just one example of why farmers' markets are such a big part of life in Edmonton. The Old Strathcona Farmers' Market is one of the city's largest and most long-standing markets, with over 130 vendors operating on the weekend. If you're south of Whyte Avenue on a Saturday, you're well aware of parking issues. As many of the shops, bars and coffee shops change in Old Strathcona, the newly renovated market is the great constant. But it's far from being the only game in town. On 124 Street, the Grand Market runs on Thursday evenings and Sundays. The 41-year-old Callingwood Market is the largest outdoor market in the city, running Wednesdays, and Sundays with more than 120 vendors. The Downtown Farmers' Market is back on 104 Street, and is currently administered by the Edmonton Downtown Business Association. And, on the city's south side, the Bountiful Market brings vendors together in a large, enclosed space Fridays to Sundays throughout the year. Bountiful Market offers shopping carts and baskets at the doors, adding convenience for shoppers who are picking and choosing from the stalls. You'll find Alberta-grown vegetables, B.C. fruit, local beer and spirits, collectibles, gadgets and, of course, coffee. On a Friday afternoon, Bountiful's parking lot is full. The Old Strathcona parking crunch is well known. The two 124 Street markets bring in about 10,000 visitors a week. It's clear that market culture is a big part of what it means to be an Edmontonian. 'Farmers' markets do no make a lot of money' Despite their popularity, farmers' markets are anything but cash cows. 'Farmers' markets do not make a lot of money,' said Kirsta Franke, director of the Wild Heart Collective and the founder of the 124 Street Grand Market. 'I didn't start the farmers' market because it was a money-making venture. I did it because I love my community.' Each vendor may pay about $50 a day for a 10 feet-by-10 feet booth. But the organizers need to pay for the space, and for things like trash cans, tables and entertainment. Franke launched the Grand Market at 124 Street and 108 Avenue in 2012. It ran on Thursday nights and had about 20 vendors who were carefully selected. Four years later, Franke recognized that, to remain in the black, a second Grand Market a week was needed. And that goes on Sundays at 124 Street and 102 Avenue. Franke also administered the Al Fresco on 104 market which filled a gap Downtown during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the Grand Market works with a network of 600 vendors. It runs Night Markets on Fridays that move from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. They've been to Ritchie, Happy Beer Street and West Block Glenora. They run a market at Folding Mountain Brewing, located in between Hinton and the gates of Jasper National Park. And there's the Christmas Market at Fort Edmonton Park. 'Our vendors trust us to lead them to places that will help their bottom lines,' said Franke. 'The vendors have been so good to follow us through the crazy.' Franke said that farmers' markets bring visitors and vibrancy to the communities in which they are located. And that creates spinoffs for the brick-and-mortar businesses. To say that there isn't conflict between markets and the full-time shop and restaurant owners would be naive. Franke said that when the Grand Market opened, the presence of food trucks wasn't welcomed by all on 124 Street. But, at the same time, 124 Street is a 'food desert,' a term given to an area without grocery stores and fresh-produce options. She said that, more than a decade later, food trucks are seen simply as an option, and local restaurants are welcoming the people that the markets bring in. Patios are open, food specials are offered. 'We want to be complementary to the 365 businesses that are there on the street,' she said. But, when Franke administered the Downtown market, policies were brought in to prevent vendors from conflicting with the businesses in the area. That has been carried over into the Downtown Farmers' Market, which is now administered by the Edmonton Downtown Business Association. There are no coffee stalls or food trucks. The Downtown Farmers' Market has a nomadic history. It moved to the old GWG Building on 97 Street in 2019. The market's overseers declared bankruptcy in 2024, leaving vendors without a Downtown home. But the EDBA resurrected the market, taking it back to its roots. Quinn Phillips, a spokesperson for the DBA, said that marketgoers were surveyed last year, and while the numbers showed that a lot of the shoppers were from Downtown or other central neighbourhoods, many were also coming from further off spots. So, the market has two purposes; it's a perk for those who live Downtown, and an attractor for those who don't. 'It's really important to support Downtown as a neighbourhood, and to have people to think about Downtown as a neighbourhood,' she said. The market regularly sees more than 50 vendors, and on the final Saturday of July, hit a high of 63 vendors. Because of LRT construction, the market can't be expanded onto 102 Avenue like it was pre-2019, but Phillips said there are talks about expanding into Michael Phair and Beaver Hills parks for the 2026 market season. And, knowing that there are tensions between brick-and-mortar retailers and markets, the symbiotic relationship at Callingwood is an example of how it can work. 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