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Jim Armstrong will be back on the ice this season, chasing the right to wear the Maple Leaf at international wheelchair curling competitions, including the chance to defend the gold medal he won at the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver.
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Jones getting closer to returning; USA Curling raids Canada to hire Hackner
Jennifer Jones can’t wait to return to the curling ice, and that point was only strengthened by her team’s victory without her at the World Curling Tour’s Edmonton Shootout over the weekend.
Jones, who’s recuperating from off-season knee surgery and, … Continue reading
World Curling Tour website changes homepage
For years, worldcurlingtour.com has been a go-to site for curlers and media alike for the most comprehensive listing of event scores as they happen.
But that changed this week, and it’s part of the fallout from last month’s changeover of … Continue reading
Arleen Day’s passing sad for the sport; a likely scenario for opening Slam in Brantford
Some sad news to report today — longtime highly respected official Arleen Day of Regina lost her battle lung cancer.
Arleen was tremendously well-liked by fellow officials, competitors and media for her straight-ahead, no-nonsense approach — all combined with a … Continue reading
What the Sportsnet announcement means for curling; Charette, Albrecht both deserving of praise
So it’s official — Sportsnet is now in the business of curling, and not just from a broadcasting standpoint, but they’re going to be running events and, if all goes according to plans, profiting from them.
This is a monumental … Continue reading
Same strategy, different results. Nedohin and Team Canada can hold their heads high
LETHBRIDGE — Let’s be very clear right from the get-go: to all those who think Heather Nedohin somehow changed her game plan for today’s bronze-medal game against the same South Korean team that neutral-zone-trapped her in the Page three-four game … Continue reading
Koreans should make no apologies for defensive game plan. It worked. Enough said
LETHBRIDGE — To be fair, there was some heat of the moment going on in light of the crushing disappointment she’d just gone through, but there was a little bit of a sour-grapes element to Heather Nedohin’s post-game comments here … Continue reading
Nedohin: “We believe.” She has cause to after an impressive tiebreaker win
LETHBRIDGE — I admit to being a cynic at times when it comes to certain quotes offered up by athletes, but I have to say I was struck by one offering from Team Canada skip Heather Nedohin following her team’s … Continue reading
Desperate times for Canada, but Nedohin has thrived before under similar circumstances
LETHBRIDGE — Let’s face facts here: this is not an ideal scenario for Heather Nedohin and Team Canada. Not even close.
Nedohin, third Beth Iskiw, second Jessica Mair and lead Laine Peters are going into the playoff tiebreaker after two … Continue reading
A little trash talk to stoke the fires at the Ford worlds; Kim a confident skip, to say the least
“I don’t think Canada can win. I think the Swedish team and the Norwegian teams are better. It’s a matter of technical things. They are one of the weakest teams I’ve seen from Canada. They are similar to Heather Houston. … Continue reading
