Charlottetown will host the womens national curling championship, the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in 2011.

Ontarios Mark Bice improved to 9-1 at the Canadian mixed curling championship in Burlington, Ont., Thursday with a 9-8 victory over Albertas Graham Powell.

Ontarios Mark Bice routed New Brunswicks Mary Jane McGuire 7-2 to run his record to 8-1 Wednesday at the Canadian mixed curling championship in Burlington, Ont.

Mark Bices Ontario rink took sole possession of first place with a 7-4 win over Prince Edward Islands Kyle Stevenson on Monday in Draw 7 action at the Canadian mixed curling championship in Burlington, Ont.

Prince Edward Island skip Kyle Stevenson edged New Brunswicks Mary Jane McGuire 6-5 to stay undefeated at the Canadian mixed curling championship Sunday in Burlington, Ont.

Kelly Scott of Kelowna, B.C., needed a big day to make it to next months Olympic trials, and she got it against No. 2 Sherry Middaugh, prevailing 9-4 in the womens C final Saturday in Prince George, B.C.

Brad Gushues quest to repeat as Olympic mens curling champion is over after the St. Johns skip fell 7-5 to Jean-Michel Menard of St. Romauld, Que., on Friday at the pre-trial tournament in Prince George, B.C.

Calgarys Crystal Webster and Winnipegs Jeff Stoughton advanced to next months Olympic curling trials with wins on Thursday in Prince George, B.C.

One night after defeating No. 2 seed Wayne Middaugh, 10th-ranked Pat Simmons upset No. 3 and defending Olympic champion Brad Gushue 12-7 in Draw 8 of the Canadian Olympic curling pre-trials on Wednesday night.

Pat Simmons of Davidson,Sask., moved within two wins of a trip to the Canadian Olympic curling trials with a 9-6 upset of Torontos Wayne Middaugh on Thursday in Prince George, B.C.

Former world champion Kelly Scott of Kelowna, B.C., and one-time Olympic trials runner-up Sherry Anderson of Saskatoon posted extra-end wins Tuesday in Draw 3 action at the Olympic pre-trial curling event.

Great Britain skip Eve Muirhead captured the inaugural Three Nations Cup womens curling event with a 9-3 victory over Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon in Sundays final in Mississauga, Ont.

Clay Graves of Toronto earned the first semifinal spot in the Capital One Million Dollar Button contest by winning Sundays qualifier during the final of the Grey Power World Cup of Curling in Mississauga, Ont.

Kevin Koe fell to 0-6 in Grand Slam of Curling finals with Sundays loss to Glenn Howard but the Edmonton skip is too good to go without a title much longer.

Glenn Howard continued his dominance of Kevin Koe at the Grey Power World Cup of Curling, overcoming a 4-3 deficit to earn a 6-4 win in Sundays final in Mississauga, Ont.

Olympic gold medallist Brad Gushue and his Newfoundland and Labrador teammates are trying to do one of the toughest things in all of sport: Defend and repeat.

Glenn Howard and Kevin Koe will meet in the final of the Grey Power World Cup of Curling after both skips won their semifinal matches on Saturday night.

Its looking more and more like China is becoming a threat to win womens curling gold at the 2010 Olympics.

Brad Gushue secured one of the last remaining quarter-final spots at the Grey Power World Cup of Curling after the completion of round-robin play on Friday night in Mississauga, Ont.

At the Grey Power World Cup of Curling, love handles are out and the skin-tight, muscle-showing shirts of world champions David Murdoch and his Scottish mates are all the rage. Not that I was looking.

Ontarios Mark Bice hammered British Columbias Jason Montgomery 12-3 in eight ends Friday and advanced to the final of the Canadian mixed curling championship.

Hes the young gunslinger. The fresh flavour. The ultimate underdog. An almost off-the-board long shot.

Manitobas Dave Boehmer has rattled off four straight victories to keep his team in contention at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Burlington, Ont.

BURLINGTON, Ont. - Nova Scotias Mark Dacey remained in the hunt for first place in the round-robin with an 8-7 win over Ontarios Mark Bice at the Canadian mixed curling championship Thursday evening.

Ontarios Mark Bice routed New Brunswicks Mary Jane McGuire 7-2 to run his record to 8-1 Wednesday at the Canadian mixed curling championship.

It was just a short year ago that Braden Zawada was preparing to play in his last Manitoba junior mens championship as a third.

Talk about competing in the shadows. The Canadian Curling Trials will soon be here and the national Mixed Championship is being played in Burlington, Ont., this week.

They may be ads we dont get tired of seeing. Now that curling is rampant on television the same Season of Champions ads repeat ad nauseam. During Olympic Pre-Trials coverage, a Canadian Curling Association ad stood out because it was different.

Mark Bices Ontario rink won both its matches Tuesday and remained atop the round-robin standings at the Canadian mixed curling championship.

Crystal Webster and Co. gained more than a spot in the Olympic Trials with their perfect run at the 2009 Road to the Roar in Prince George, B.C.

Certainly, Shauna Streich did not expect such sudden success on the ice. The Fort Rouge skip took a year off to nurse a torn ligament in her right ankle.

Mark Bices Ontario rink took sole possession of first place with a 7-4 win over Prince Edward Islands Kyle Stevenson on Monday in Draw 7 action at the Canadian mixed curling championship.

His teammates have been there before but this is another first for Rob Fowler. Fowler will be competing in his first Canadian Curling Trials in Edmonton, Dec. 6-13, as second for Manitobas Jeff Stoughton, who sailed through the trials qualifier undefeated in Prince George, B.C. last week to earn t

The Canadian Olympic Trials of curling just got a little spicier. Maybe. Two-time world champion Wayne Middaugh became the final mens qualifier into Decembers big show on Saturday night, with a 6-4 victory over Kelownas Bob Ursel at the last-gasp Trials qualifier in Prince George, B.C.

Prince Edward Island skip Kyle Stevenson edged New Brunswicks Mary Jane McGuire 6-5 to stay undefeated at the Canadian mixed curling championship Sunday.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Kelly Scott of Kelowna, B.C., needed a big day to make it to next months Olympic trials, and she got it against No. 2 Sherry Middaugh.

Lori Olson-Johns sent a message yesterday to fellow Calgarian curlers Cheryl Bernard and Shannon Kleibrink and national champion Jennifer Jones.

As teams battle it out this weekend in Prince George, B.C., for spots in the Olympics Trials, Russ Howard can sit back and relax.

Pat Simmons almost completed a sweep of the top three seeds at the Olympic curling pre-trail mens event.

Marie-France Larouche of St-Romuald, Que., defeated Sherry Middaugh of Coldwater, Ont., 8-5 on Wednesday at the Canadian Olympic curling trials.

This may explain it:

John Shuster and company are playing in the Grey Power World Cup of Curling this weekend in Mississauga (a.k.a. south Toronto), Ontario. This event is a prelude to Vancouver: The Olympic representatives from Scotland, Norway, China, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark and USA’s Shuster will b

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The cold spell that has been plaguing the Twin Ports this week is supposed to break this weekend, with temperatures breaking into positive territory on saturday. A welcome development indeed. So, what’s going on this weekend? Tonight at 6pm at the Duluth Curling Club, the second fun ’s

The Chris Plys and Tyler George rinks earned spots in the 2009 U.S. National Championships / 2010 Olympic Team Trials to be held in Denver, CO, Feb. 21 to 28. John Shuster and Aileen Sormunen are still in the hunt to represent the U.S. in Vancouver; they will compete in a challenge round on Jan. [.

The regional qualifying rounds for the 2010 Olympic Team Trials are underway, and there are several teams from the DCC competing. The winners of the qualifying rounds earn a trip to the Olympic Trials in Broomfield, CO in February. In the first draw last night in Green Bay, WI, a battle between Dul

File this post under “things that slide on ice and crash into one another”, from Portland, Oregon last winter. The recklessness with which people treat automobiles never ceases to astound me. Those crazy West Coasters! Be thankful that we hardy Duluthians have more common sense and be

Is it possible to obtain a set of sixteen curling stones for $210? The Minden Outers Club says “Yes we can”. Follow this link for detailed instructions on making your own curling stones for use up at the cabin, when you’re out ice fishing, or at the local hockey rink when the Min

News from Dec. 18th, 2008, on sheet 8: It only took thirty years of curling, but Kent Brorson got his first eight ender in league play on Dec. 18th. Tom Eng, John Landsteiner, and Sophie Brorson helped him put all their red stones in the house. Way to go!

Belated congratulations to Chris Plys, Aanders Brorson, Matt Perushek, Matt Hamilton and coach Phil Drobnick! Team Plys won the Minnesota State Junior Playdowns at the Bemidji Curling Club last weekend, going undefeated. Next up for Chris and his team are the qualifying rounds for the 2010 U.S. Ol

OK, if you’ve curled at the Duluth Curling Club recently, you are probably aware of the, um, strange dark stripe on sheet 6. The question for today is: What should be the preferred term for the odd topography on sheet 6? 1) The Trough 2) The Valley of No Return 3) The Valley [...]

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There is a lot going on in the Northland this weekend: Friday night (tonight!) at the Duluth Curling Club, Ken and Joanne Docteur host a one night mini-spiel named “The Fun Night Before Christmas“. The event begins at 6pm and is open to the public. Ken and Joanne began these mini-spiel

Here is a tantalizing hint that someone is working on a curling game for arguably the dominant gaming console, the Xbox 360: The graphics are pretty spartan but quite adequate, if the physics and gameplay are accurate. Their website only says “coming January 2009″. I guess we’ll

Friday (and sub-zero air) has arrived in the Twin Ports. Anything going on? On Saturday the Duluth Curling Club hosts their annual Mixed Doubles Bonspiel. This one-day event features two-person teams battling it out in the increasingly popular mixed doubles format. You can see a video demonstrati

An unorthodox delivery and challenging ice conditions at the alpine resort of Adelboden, Switzerland last year– but she hits and stays in play! From YouTube via Beojim.

Brady and Christin Clark of Seattle, WA won the 2009 U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship in Two Harbors last weekend. They will go on to compete for the World Championship in Cortina, Italy in April. Closer to home, the Broman rink won the main event in the USWCA All American Bonspiel at the Duluth [

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La ville de Charlottetown,  lle-du-Prince-douard, accueillera le Championnat canadien des Curs Scott en 2011.... Suite

Il ny aura finalement pas de curleurs qubcois aux Jeux olympiques de Vancouver. Le verdict est tomb, tard samedi soir, alors ququipe Larouche, dernire formation qubcoise encore en lice aux Pr-qualifications olympiques canadiennes de Prince George, a t limine.... Suite

Une dfaite crve-cur en prolongation a mis fin aux espoirs olympiques de Jean-Michel Mnard et ses coquipiers, samedi, au tournoi des pr-qualifications olympiques de curling prsent  Prince George, en Colombie-Britannique.... Suite

Accule au pied du mur, lquipe de Jean-Michel Mnard a rebondi de belle faon, vendredi,  Prince George (Colombie-Britannique), au tournoi des pr-qualifications olympiques de curling en signant une victoire de 7-5 contre la formation de Brad Gushue.... Suite

Marie-France Larouche, Nancy Blanger, Annie Lemay et Jolle Sabourin ont t vaincues 8-2 jeudi soir par la Manitobaine Kelly Scott et ses coquipires aux Prqualifications olympiques canadiennes de curling  Prince George, en Colombie-Britannique.... Suite

Marie-France Larouche, Nancy Blanger, Annie Lemay et Jolle Sabourin ont battu lAlbertaine Cathy King et ses partenaires 10-4, jeudi aprs-midi, aux Prqualifications olympiques canadiennes de curling  Prince George, en Colombie-Britannique.... Suite

 un peu moins de 100 jours du grand rendez-vous olympique  Vancouver, les meilleures quipes de curling au pays amoraient vritablement mardi le dernier droit avec un tournoi pr-qualification disput  Prince-George en Colombie-Britannique.... Suite

MONTRAL  Lquipe de lOntarienne Rachel Homan a remport ses deux premiers matchs aux dpens des formations des Qubcoises ve Blisle et Marie-France Larouche mardi aux prqualifications olympiques canadiennes de curling  Prince George, en Colombie-Britannique.... Suite

CLERMONT - Les dirigeants du Challenge Casino de Charlevoix pouvaient difficilement demander mieux comme cadeau danniversaire, alors que Randy Ferbey a confirm sa prsence en vue du rendez-vous 2009, programm du 25 au 29 novembre sur les glaces de larna de Clermont et du club de curling Nairn..

MONTRAL  Lquipe Larouche a vu son parcours sarrter en quarts de finale au tournoi de curling de la Classique Manitoba Lotteries, lundi,  Winnipeg,  la suite dun revers de 7-5 contre lquipe de la Manitobaine et championne du monde 2008, Jennifer Jones.... Suite

Marie-France Larouche, Nancy Blanger, Annie Lemay et Jolle Sabourin navaient pas le droit  lerreur, dimanche, au tournoi de curling de la Classique Manitoba Lotteries disput  Winnipeg. Si les joueuses voulaient conserver leurs chances de participer au tableau liminatoire qui samorcera lundi

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - Glenn Howard, de Coldwater en Ontario, a remport la Coupe du monde avec un gain de 6-4 contre Kevin Koe dEdmonton, dimanche.... Suite

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - Glenn Howard de Coldwater, en Ontario, et Kevin Koe, dEdmonton, croiseront le fer lors de la finale de la Coupe du monde de curling aprs leur triomphe respectif en demi-finales, samedi soir.... Suite

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Kevin Martin et Glenn Howard ont accd aux quarts de finale de la Coupe du monde de curling, jeudi soir.... Suite

MONTRAL - Le quatuor de la skip ve Blisle a t limin en quart de finale, lundi, au tournoi de curling Classique Trail Appliances.... Suite

Lquipe Blisle, compose dve Blisle (Montral), Brenda Nicholls (Qubec), Martine Comeau, (Montral) et Julie Rainville, (Lvis) a assur sa place en demi-finale du tournoi de curling de la Classique AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins, samedi,  Brockville (Ontario).... Suite

Les quipes de Marie-France Larouche et dve Blisle ont chacune remport deux de leurs trois matchs  la Classique de curling AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins prsente  Brockville, en Ontario, alors que celle de Jean-Michel Mnard a gagn ses deux duels.... Suite

Les quipes de Marie-France Larouche, dve Blisle et de Jean-Michel Mnard entameront leur marche vers une possible participation aux Jeux de Vancouver cette fin de semaine  la Classique de curling AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins  Brockville, en Ontario.... Suite

CORTINA DAMPEZZO, Italie - Le Canada a combl un retard de cinq points pour finalement battre la CHine 6-5 et remporter le bronze aux Championnats du monde de curling mixte, samedi.... Suite

CORTINA DAMPEZZO, Italie - La seule dfaite du Canada au championnat du monde de curling mixte ne pouvait survenir  un pire moment.... Suite