The Question
Which clock does Fernie keep?
Fernie voted 72 per cent for Alberta's clock. The rest of BC went the other way.
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The Rink
The Ghostriders got Tier 1. The league split in half.
Eleven teams stayed and got Junior A Tier 1 status. Eight left and started their own league outside Hockey Canada altogether.
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Why we’re asking
The Ghostriders were confirmed at Junior A Tier 1 in the KIJHL for 2026/27, one of eleven teams approved, alongside the Kimberley Dynamiters, Nelson Leafs, Revelstoke Grizzlies and Merritt Centennials among others.
At the same time, eight former KIJHL teams left and formed the Western International Junior Hockey League, operating outside Hockey Canada and BC Hockey governance entirely. It is one of the biggest shifts in the league’s recent history.
For Fernie, top-tier status comes with longer road trips and higher operating costs, because there are now fewer Tier 1 teams spread across more ground. The Ghostriders play at Fernie Memorial Arena, built in 1952, capacity 1,240.
Sources: Tier 1 confirmed · KIJHL
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WayneFernie
Nineteen-fifty-two building, twelve hundred seats, and on a Friday in January it is still the best room in town.
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