Team Christina Black of Halifax had to wait for all games on the ice to finish before learning it had qualified for the playoffs on Wednesday at the 2025 Montana's Canadian Curling Trials. (Photo, Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
Teams skipped by Rachel Homan, left, and Kerri Einarson won their games on Tuesday night at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials to clinch playoff berths, and they will meet Wednesday afternoon to decide first place in the round robin and a berth in the best-of-three final. (Photos, Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone, Calgary's Brad Jacobs and Brad Gushue of St. John's, N.L., lead the men's field at the 2025 Montana's Canadian Curling Trials. (Photo, Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
Team Matt Dunstone of Winnipeg picked up a thrilling extra-end win over Team Gushue at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials. (Photo, Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
Rachel Homan and her team bounced back with a win on Monday at the 2025 Montana's Canadian Curling Trials. (Photo, Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
Kayla Skrlik, right, and sister Ashton celebrate their dramatic win over Team Rachel Homan Sunday night at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials. (Photo, Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
With his retirement from competitive curling looming, Gushue’s return to the building in which he won this event in 2005 has clearly lit an early fire under the 45-year-old two-time Olympian. (Photo, Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
Mike McEwen delivers a shot during his team's opening-draw victory on Saturday night at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials in Halifax. (Photo, Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
Kerri Einarson, left, and Rachel Homan both picked up wins during the opening day of women's competition at the 2025 Montana's Canadian Curling Trials. (Photos, Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver)
The Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium will host the Olympic curling competitions in February. (Photo, Facebook/Fondazione Cortina)
The 2025 Home Hardware Canadian Pre-Trials women's qualifiers, Team Selena Sturmay of Edmonton. From left: skip Sturmay, vice-skip Danielle Schmiemann, second Dezaray Hawes, lead Paige Papley and coach Ted Appelman. (Photo, Curling Canada/Peter Oleskevich)
Team Jordon McDonald is bound for Halifax as the winners of the 2025 Home Hardware Canadian Pre-Trials. Front row, from left: skip McDonald, vice-skip Jacques Gauthier, second Elias Huminicki, and lead Cameron Olafson; back row coach Bryan Miki. (Photo, Curling Canada/Peter Oleskevich)