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Canadian curling teams skipped by Brad Jacobs and Rachel Homan will play in Sunday’s finals of the Grand Slam’s Kioti National in St. John’s. CBC | Sports News
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Winnipeg skip Kaitlyn Lawes earns 1st curling win in return from maternity leave
Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes made a game-winning draw to the button for a 5-4 victory over Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni on Wednesday at the Kioti National in St. John’s. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Trio of teams remain unbeaten at Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
Teams from Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Quebec remain unbeaten after five draws at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Gushue opens Pan Continental curling championship with 10-3 win over South Korea
Canada’s Brad Gushue opened the Pan Continental curling championship with a 10-3 win over South Korea’s Jaebeom Lee on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Homan, Einarson, McEwen advance to quarterfinals at Grand Slam of Curling event in Charlottetown
Canada’s Rachel Homan and Kerri Einarson advanced to the women’s quarterfinals at the HearingLife Tour Challenge in Charlottetown with wins on Friday, while Mike McEwen moved on to the men’s final eight. CBC | Sports News
Read More »New-look Grand Slam of Curling series begins under new ownership
Canada’s Reid Carruthers opened the Grand Slam of Curling season Tuesday with a 7-5 loss to Sweden’s Niklas Edin at the HearingLife Tour Challenge. It’s the first Grand Slam event since The Curling Group purchased the five-event series from Sportsnet last spring. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Team Rachel Homan picking up where it left off after dominant curling season
As one of the top women’s rinks in the world over the last decade, expectations are usually quite high for the members of Team Rachel Homan. The season after one of the most dominant campaigns in curling history is no exception. The Ottawa-based team picked up where it left off by running the table at the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins ...
Read More »Bottcher stepping away from men’s competitive curling to coach Team Homan
Canadian skip Brendan Bottcher, who split with his four-person curling team a month ago, will coach Team Rachel Homan next season and for the foreseeable future. CBC | Sports News
Read More »With connection formed through curling, Bob Cole instilled belief in Brad Gushue
The longtime voice of “Hockey Night in Canada,” Bob Cole, represented Newfoundland at the national men’s curling championship on two occasions. Cole remained a keen observer of the Roaring Game and stayed in touch with Brad Gushue over the years. Cole died Wednesday at 90 years old. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Historic Indigenous curling game in Cree Nation of Chisasibi aims to inspire community
The Cree Nation of Chisasibi, a northern Quebec town on the eastern shore of James Bay, is making history this weekend by hosting ten elite Indigenous curlers from all across Canada who will be taking to the ice for an historic game. CBC | Sports News
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