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Team Canada skip Mary Fay holds the broom during action at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships in Taarnby

A winning start for Canada’s men and women at World Juniors

March 6, 20160Comments

Canada’s Mary Fay and Matt Dunstone kicked off the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships with decisive wins on the first day of competition in Taarnby, Denmark, on Sunday.

Ottawa Ont.Mar 6

Team Canada improves to 2-0 at Tim Hortons Brier

March 6, 20160Comments

It’s hardly breaking news that the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier features the most talented array of teams in the rich history of the Canadian men’s curling championship.

Tankard Times – Mar. 6

March 6, 20160Comments

The Tankard Times is the Official Daily Paper of the Tim Hortons Brier.

Ottawa Ont.Mar 5

Northern Ontario gets extra-end win over Saskatchewan

March 6, 20160Comments

OTTAWA – Steve Laycock of Saskatchewan came up short with his last-rock draw in the 11^th end Saturday, allowing Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario to take a 6-5 win without having to throw his final stone.

Ottawa Ont.Mar 5

Veteran Gushue spoils McEwen’s debut at Tim Hortons Brier

March 6, 20160Comments

OTTAWA – Veteran Brad Gushue spoiled Mike McEwen’s debut in the Tim Hortons Brier Saturday, making a last-rock hit-and-stick in the 11^th end for a 5-4 victory in the event’s opening draw.

|Brad Gushue

Brad Gushue wins Ford Hot Shots competition

March 5, 20160Comments

OTTAWA – Veteran skip Brad Gushue of Newfoundland-Labrador scored 26 of a possible 30 points to beat lead Denni Neufeld of Manitoba in the final of the Ford Hot Shots skills competition Saturday.

TANKARD TIMES – MAR. 5

March 5, 20160Comments

The Tankard Times is the Official Daily Paper of the Tim Hortons Brier.

Ottawa Ont.mar4

Nova Scotia-NWT rematch Saturday for a berth in Tim Hortons Brier

March 5, 20160Comments

OTTAWA – It will be a rematch between James Murphy of Nova Scotia and Jamie Koe of Northwest Territories Saturday to determine which team advances into the main draw of the Tim Hortons Brier.

Ottawa Ont.Mar 4

Northwest Territories remains perfect at Tim Hortons Brier

March 4, 20160Comments

Playing in the far north, big-game pressure situations are few and far between.

Which is what made Friday morning’s 2016 Tim Hortons Brier pre-qualifying round victory so satisfying for veteran Northwest Territories skip Jamie Koe.

Feb 9/13 - Fort McMurray

MQFT with Matt Dunstone

March 4, 20160Comments

This week, John sits down with Matt Dunstone, the 2013 and 2016 Manitoba and Canadian Junior Champion skip who caused quite a stir in the curling world by also making the Manitoba Men’s final two weeks later, knocking off Reid Carruthers before dropping the final to Mike McEwen. Matt will head to Taarnby, Denmark, in hopes of improving on his bronze medal from 2013.

Ottawa Ont.Mar 3

Tough Tim Hortons Brier debut for Wade Kingdon and Nunavut

March 4, 20160Comments

OTTAWA – It was not the start that Wade Kingdon and his Nunavut team had hoped for in their territory’s debut Thursday at the Tim Horton Brier.

|Matt Dunstone and Mary Fay will skip the Canadian teams at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships

2016 World Juniors begin Sunday in Denmark

March 3, 20160Comments

Canada will take aim at history when the 2016 VoIP Defender World Junior Curling Championships get underway Sunday at the Taarnby Curling Club, just outside of Copenhagen, Denmark.