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Bronze medalists, Canadian Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris and Krysten Karwacki show their medals after the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship at Goransson Arena in Sandviken, Sweden, Sunday, March 26, 2023. Canada defeated Sweden 8-5. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-TT, Jonas Ekstromer

Canada downs Sweden to capture 2nd straight world women’s curling bronze medal

Switzerland took gold, and Norway got silver

 

Langley’s Team Andrews, the defending 2022 senior women’s champions, was at the front of the procession piped on to the ice Wednesday, March 21, at the official start of the 2023 Connect Hearing BC Senior Curling Championships at the Langley Curling Centre. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

BC Senior Curling Championships get underway

Langley’s Team Andrews hopes to repeat as women’s champs, Nanaimo’s Team Craig wants another men’s title

 

Skip Miles Craig, third Steph Jackson Baier, second Chris Baier and lead Carley Sandwith-Craig won third place at the 2023 AMJ Campbell BC Mixed Championships in Penticton the weekend of March 4. (Curl BC photo)

Team Craig bronze at BC Mixed Curling Championships

Team Craig has won bronze at the 2023 AMJ Campbell BC Mixed…

 

Manitoba skip Jennifer Jones celebrates after defeating Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville, back right, in a playoff match to reach the final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Saturday, February 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Jennifer Jones on verge of Canadian women’s curling record

46-year-old could become first woman to win 7 Canadian women’s championships on Sunday

Manitoba skip Jennifer Jones celebrates after defeating Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville, back right, in a playoff match to reach the final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Saturday, February 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Team Wild Card 3 skip Meghan Walter calls out to the sweepers while playing Manitoba at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Wild cards a wild ride to Canadian women’s curling championship

3 wild card spots offer a final way in for teams that don’t win provincially or territorially

Team Wild Card 3 skip Meghan Walter calls out to the sweepers while playing Manitoba at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
British Columbia coach Niklas Edin, back centre, talks with third Kayla MacMillan, front left, as skip Clancy Grandy, front right, looks on before playing Prince Edward Island at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Friday, February 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C.’s Grandy recruits Olympic champ Niklas Edin to coach in Hearts

‘He’s the best at what he does in the game, in my opinion’

British Columbia coach Niklas Edin, back centre, talks with third Kayla MacMillan, front left, as skip Clancy Grandy, front right, looks on before playing Prince Edward Island at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Friday, February 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Glen Harper Curling Centre is the place to be this coming weekend for the Gems & Gents Parallel Bonspiel. (Citizen file)

Duncan Curling Club’s Gems & Gents parallel bonspiel goes ‘Honky Tonk Country’

Play runs Feb. 16-19 at the Glen Harper Curling Centre

The Glen Harper Curling Centre is the place to be this coming weekend for the Gems & Gents Parallel Bonspiel. (Citizen file)
The event’s lone Cowichan player, Carley Hardie played second on Skip Keelie Duncan’s team at the B.C. U21 curling championships at North Cowichan’s Glen Harper Curling Centre last week. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

U21 curling provincials go off without a hitch in Duncan

Ice plant failure fails to derail B.C. championship competition

The event’s lone Cowichan player, Carley Hardie played second on Skip Keelie Duncan’s team at the B.C. U21 curling championships at North Cowichan’s Glen Harper Curling Centre last week. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)
It was Team Grandy (white and grey tops) against Team Reese-Hansen (black, and white/navy tops) in the women’s semifinal of the 2023 Scotties BC Women’s Curling Championship at the Chilliwack Curling Club on Saturday; Jan. 14; 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

PHOTOS: Provincial championships of curling in Chilliwack

Chilliwack Curling Club hosted championships of both women’s and men’s curling

It was Team Grandy (white and grey tops) against Team Reese-Hansen (black, and white/navy tops) in the women’s semifinal of the 2023 Scotties BC Women’s Curling Championship at the Chilliwack Curling Club on Saturday; Jan. 14; 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
The Strathcona Cup, a competition between Canadian and Scottish men’s curlers, has been played every five years since 1903. The latest installment will feature games in Vernon Jan. 17 and Kelowna Jan. 18. (stratchonacup.ca)

B.C. curlers tangle with Scots

Strathcona Cup played every five years between Canada and Scotland; oldest international event

The Strathcona Cup, a competition between Canadian and Scottish men’s curlers, has been played every five years since 1903. The latest installment will feature games in Vernon Jan. 17 and Kelowna Jan. 18. (stratchonacup.ca)
A rock slides down the sheet at the Men’s World Curling Championships in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Melvin Lee’s first invitation to curl with a diverse team of law students came more than two decades ago. Now, the avid curler has a wealth of experience under his belt. And he is trying to give a similar welcome to others who are underrepresented in the sport. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

This Korean-Canadian curler wants to make the sport more diverse. Here’s how.

‘It’s not just enough to have that open door in your facility. You need to be vulnerable and reach out to those communities.’

A rock slides down the sheet at the Men’s World Curling Championships in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Melvin Lee’s first invitation to curl with a diverse team of law students came more than two decades ago. Now, the avid curler has a wealth of experience under his belt. And he is trying to give a similar welcome to others who are underrepresented in the sport. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Elite curler Carley Hardie will be participating in the U21 provincial playdowns at the Glen Harper Curling Centre at the end of the month. (Courtesy of the Duncan Curling Club)

Duncan Curling Club to host U21 Provincial playdowns

Public welcome to watch the action at the Sherman Road curling facility

Elite curler Carley Hardie will be participating in the U21 provincial playdowns at the Glen Harper Curling Centre at the end of the month. (Courtesy of the Duncan Curling Club)
Curling is back this fall! (Duncan Curling Club photo)

One-day cashspiel attracting top talent to Cowichan curling event

Several current B.C. Champions will be tuning their game

Curling is back this fall! (Duncan Curling Club photo)
The Glen Harper Curling Centre will host the 2023 BC U21 Curling Championships in January. (Citizen file)

BC U21 Curling Championships coming to Cowichan’s Glen Harper Curling Centre

Event will take place on Jan. 24-29, 2023

The Glen Harper Curling Centre will host the 2023 BC U21 Curling Championships in January. (Citizen file)
Duncan’s Carley Hardie (second from right) helped Team Richards to a bronze medal at the national U18 curling championships last month. (Ann McCusker photo)

Duncan curler brings home national medal

Carley Hardie helps Team Richards to U18 bronze

Duncan’s Carley Hardie (second from right) helped Team Richards to a bronze medal at the national U18 curling championships last month. (Ann McCusker photo)
Lara Stuart, Brooke Reintjes, Nanci Friday, Bob Cairns, Susanne Grundison, Kelsey Dentoom and Travis Peterson are among the many volunteers helping propel the Duncan Curling Club’s fundraising efforts. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)

One last big push for Duncan Curling Club fundraising efforts

Golf tourney, dinner and dance should get club over the top

Lara Stuart, Brooke Reintjes, Nanci Friday, Bob Cairns, Susanne Grundison, Kelsey Dentoom and Travis Peterson are among the many volunteers helping propel the Duncan Curling Club’s fundraising efforts. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
Canada Skip Brad Gushue prepares to deliver a stone against Sweden during a gold medal game at the World Men’s Curling Championships, Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Canada’s Gushue takes silver at world men’s curling championship, Sweden wins gold

Fourth straight world crown, sixth overall for Swedish skip Edin

Canada Skip Brad Gushue prepares to deliver a stone against Sweden during a gold medal game at the World Men’s Curling Championships, Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Curlers at the 2022 Lorraine Gagnon Memorial Bonspiel were greeted by a display of some of the many awards she won in the sport. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)

Kerry Park curlers remember former president Lorraine Gagnon

Gagnon was a provincial and national champion and ambassador for the sport

Curlers at the 2022 Lorraine Gagnon Memorial Bonspiel were greeted by a display of some of the many awards she won in the sport. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
Team Canada skip Kerri Einarson throws a stone while lead Briane Meilleur, left, and second Shannon Birchard prepare to sweep in the bronze medal game against Team Sweden at CN Centre during the Women’s World Curling in Prince George, B.C., on Sunday, March 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/James Doyle

Canada’s Einarson earns women’s world curling bronze in 8-7 extra-end win over Sweden

Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni won a record third straight world title

Team Canada skip Kerri Einarson throws a stone while lead Briane Meilleur, left, and second Shannon Birchard prepare to sweep in the bronze medal game against Team Sweden at CN Centre during the Women’s World Curling in Prince George, B.C., on Sunday, March 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/James Doyle
Team Canada skip Kerri Einarson throws a stone against Team South Korea at CN Centre during the Women’s World Curling in Prince George, B.C., on Saturday, March 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/James Doyle

Canada’s Einarson loses women’s world curling semifinal 9-6 to South Korea

EunJung Kim will face Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni in Sunday’s final

Team Canada skip Kerri Einarson throws a stone against Team South Korea at CN Centre during the Women’s World Curling in Prince George, B.C., on Saturday, March 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/James Doyle