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)
Team Ontario's Lindsay Thorne, supported by third/vice skip Melissa Gannon, second Emily Kelly, and lead Mychelle Zahab were crowned women's winners while Team British Columbia skip Mitch Young, alongside third/vice skip Steve Tersmette, second Blair Jarvis, lead Kevin Hoglund, alternate Matthew Reynolds, and coach Chris Summers, were men's winners at the 2025 Canadian Curling Club Championships (Photo, Curling Canada/Connie Laliberte)
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)
Team Alberta second Brittany Zelmer (middle) delivers a stone to sweepers Shauna Nordstrom (left) and Michelle Hartwell (right) at the 2025 Canadian Curling Club Championships in Winnipeg (Photo, Curling Canada/Connie Laliberte)
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)
After enjoying success as an elite curler among Canada's best, Granite Curling Club manager Kyle Doering is embracing a different side of the curling world as host of the 2025 Canadian Curling Club Championships (Photo, Curling Canada/Dave Komosky)