Jim Cotter and his B.C. team have played their share of tight games so they weren’t fazed by another one Tuesday morning, hanging tough until they got the break they wanted in the ninth end to score four and beat Mark Kean of Ontario 8-3 in Draw 8 of the Tim Hortons Brier, presented by SecurTek Monitoring Solutions.

Brad Jacobs and his Northern Ontario Olympic champions continued to roll along at the Tim Hortons Brier, presented by SecurTek Monitoring Solutions, posting two victories Monday to stand alone atop the standings at 5-0, the only unbeaten team.

Kevin Koe shook off a case of suspected food poisoning to lead Alberta to a critical 7-3 victory over Mark Kean of Ontario Sunday in the fifth draw of the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, presented by SecurTek Monitoring Solutions.

For several agonizing seconds Jim Cotter and his B.C. team watched helplessly as their potential game-winning rock slid ever so closely to the edge of the house before finally stopping to give them an 8-7 extra-end win over Kevin Koe of Alberta in the evening draw Saturday at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, presented by SecurTek Monitoring Solutions.

Prince Edward Island is moving on while the Yukon is going home.

History will be made on Saturday afternoon at the Scotiabank Saddledome when Team Canada steps onto the ice for its inaugural game at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier.

This will be the first time the skip from the Charleswood Curling Club will have the hometown advantage in his bid to represent Canada at the Olympic Games

Jeff Stoughton earned a record tenth Manitoba title with a victory over Sean Grassie in the final of the men’s provincial curling playdowns, Feb. 10 in Neepawa.

In a curling career that is unquestionably the envy of the majority of serious competitors in the game there are at least two championships Jeff Stoughton would still love to add to his resume.

Big-name curlers are unfailingly generous with their time both on and off the ice, especially when it comes to supporting a good cause. Many fans of our sport are familiar with the CCA’s Charity of Choice, the Sandra Schmirler Foundation, and have recognized high-profile athletes on TSN Telethons over the years, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the care of premature and critically ill babies in hospitals across Canada.

When Jeff Stoughton suits up for Team North America at the 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling it will mark a fourth consecutive Season of Champions appearance.

After nine trips to the Brier in a twenty-year competitive curling career, last year’s edition of the Canadian men’s curling championship may have been the sweetest of them all for Jeff Stoughton.