Canada’s national curling program is in solid hands as it prepares for the 2018-19 season, as well as for the beginning of the four-year quadrennial leading to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

It will be a star-studded field that takes to the ice this December for the 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup at Affinity Place in Estevan, Sask.

In September 2017, the World Curling Federation membership voted overwhelmingly to change the Free Guard Zone (FGZ) rule as of the 2018-19 season to the five-rock FGZ rule, a change from the four-rock rule that has been in place in Canada since 2002, and the rest of the WCF since 1993.

Young curlers from across the country will once again be able to further their academic and athletic ambitions, thanks to the Curling Canada Foundation’s For the Love of Curling Scholarship program.

ESTEVAN, Sask. — Canadian teams will take their first steps toward the 2022 Winter Olympics this December in Estevan, Sask.

Over a nine-day span, three Canadian curling championships will be on the line at Willie O’Ree Place in Fredericton, N.B., it was announced today by Curling Canada.

Canadian teams will have a chance to add to an already impressive 2017-18 world championship medal haul when the 2018 World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships begin Saturday in Östersund, Sweden.

LAS VEGAS — It was a bad-news, good-news kind of night for Canadian curling fans Sunday at Orleans Arena.

LAS VEGAS — It’ll be a gold-medal rematch Sunday at the 2018 361° World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Ford of Canada.

LAS VEGAS — Team Canada lost three round-robin games at the 2018 361° World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Ford of Canada, and potentially has the chance to avenge all three defeats in the playoffs at Orleans Arena.

LAS VEGAS — There are now just three wins separating Canada’s Brad Gushue and a second straight gold medal at the 2018 361° World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Ford of Canada.

LAS VEGAS — It was a gold-medal rematch that lived up to its advance billing on Friday morning at the 2018 361° World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Ford of Canada.

Potential future Canadian, world and Olympic champs will be showing off their talent when the second Canadian Under-18 Boys and Girls Curling Championships get underway in Saint Andrews, N.B.

LAS VEGAS — It was a loud crowd Thursday night at Orleans Arena for the Battle of North America, and it was the home-country fans who went home happy.

LAS VEGAS — Playoff tickets have been booked; now it’s a matter of where Team Canada lands in the playoff picture at the  2018 361° World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Ford of Canada.