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Granite shortage puts Olympic curling in jeopardy

April 1, 20150Comments

Curling Canada is aware of the reports of a global granite shortage on Olympic.ca, among other sources. We understand that this turn of events will have a very far-reaching impact and we will issue a formal statement shortly.

Norway makes (fashion) statement against Canada

April 1, 20150Comments

Thomas Ulrud and his Norwegian teammates are defending champions and they served notice Tuesday evening that they are not going to easily give up their Ford World Men’s Curling Championship.

Team Canada remains on top at Ford Worlds

March 31, 20150Comments

Pat Simmons of Canada and Thomas Ulsrud of Norway led their teams to victory in Tuesday afternoon’s Draw No. 10 to set up their head-to-head clash tonight at the 2015 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.

Big bounceback win for Sweden at Ford worlds

March 31, 20150Comments

Niklas Edin and his Sweden teammates bounced back from a devastating Monday night loss with an impressive 7-3 victory over Jiří Snítil of the Czech Republic Tuesday morning in the ninth draw at the Ford World Men’s Curling Championship in the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.

Canada remains on top of the Ford Worlds

March 31, 20150Comments

Team Canada took the easy route to 5-0 while Norway and Switzerland had nail-biters to stay on their tail at 4-1 after eight draws Monday at the Ford World Men’s Curling Championship at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.

Young Swiss making their move at Ford Worlds

March 30, 20150Comments

Marc Pfister and his Switzerland foursome scored four in the second end Monday and cruised to a 7-1 win over Joel Retornaz of Italy to improve to 3-1 for a share of second place after seven draws at the 2015 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.

Canada, Norway win big by inches at Ford Worlds

March 30, 20150Comments

Curling really is a game of inches at times. It was those tiny measurements that opened the door early and propelled Canada and Norway to victories Monday morning in the sixth draw of the 2015 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship.

Team Canada alone atop standings at Ford Worlds

March 30, 20150Comments

Pat Simmons and Team Canada stole two in the 10^th end Sunday evening to score a tough 9-6 win over Sweden’s Niklas Edin and remain the only unbeaten team after five draws at the Ford World Men’s Curling Championship at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.

Team Canada wins second straight at Ford Worlds

March 29, 20150Comments

The game may have been less entertaining for the fans than their Saturday night shootout with the U.S., but Canadian skip Pat Simmons was a lot more entertained with his team’s more traditional 7-4 win over China in Sunday’s fourth draw of the Ford World Men’s Curling Championship at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.

Italy improves to 2-0 with win over Sweden at Ford Worlds

March 29, 20150Comments

Joel Retornaz of Italy cracked a three-ender in the third and then put a finishing exclamation point on his 11-5 over Niklas Edin of Sweden with six in the ninth end to improve to 2-0 after three draws at the Ford World Men’s Curling Championship Sunday at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, N.S.

Canada holds off U.S. in wild Ford Worlds opener

March 29, 20150Comments

Pat Simmons had to make a last-rock draw to the button in an extra end to get past John Shuster of the United States 11-10 in the second draw of the Ford Men’s World Curling Championship Saturday.

Alberta, Manitoba win gold at 2015 Everest Canadian Seniors

March 29, 20150Comments

Prairie provinces stood tall on the medal podium on Saturday afternoon at the Thistle Club in Edmonton.