Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
Curling
Two positive COVID-19 cases found before World Women’s Curling Championship
CALGARY – Two positive COVID-19 cases have been identified ahead of the upcoming LGT world…
Einarson beats Homan to win Players’ Championship, Mouat tops Gushue in men’s final
CALGARY – With two national crowns under her belt so far in the curling bubble,…
Ottawa’s Rachel Homan earns berth in second Grand Slam final in a row
CALGARY – Canada’s Rachel Homan is one win away from sweeping the condensed Grand Slam…
Kerri Einarson, Silvana Tirinzoni earn top two seeds in women’s playoffs
CALGARY – The women’s playoffs are set at the Players’ Championship, while the men will…
Previously unbeaten women’s teams suffer setbacks at Grand Slam curling event
CALGARY – No women’s teams are unbeaten at the Grand Slam of Curling Players’ Championship…
Sheet Show: Profanity can sometimes slip out on televised curling broadcasts
A seemingly innocuous round-robin game was given such a profanity jolt during the recent Canadian…
Homan evens record at Players’ Championship with win over Hasselborg
CALGARY – Rachel Homan evened her record at the Grand Slam of Curling Players’ Championship…
Homan drops opener at Players’ Championship a day after winning 11th Grand Slam title
CALGARY – Scotland’s Bruce Mouat got the better of Brendan Bottcher for the second time…
Mixed results for Canadian teams at Champions Cup as Homan wins, Bottcher loses
CALGARY – Win or lose the season’s first Grand Slam final, Team Bottcher vice Darren…
Canadians Brendan Bottcher, Rachel Homan earn spots in finals of Champions Cup
CALGARY – Brendan Bottcher beat Kevin Koe 6-2 in another big all-Alberta game on Sunday…
Brad Gushue, Tracy Fleury, Kerri Einarson keep rolling in Champions Cup curling
CALGARY – Manitoba’s Tracy Fleury and Kerri Einarson capped unbeaten preliminary rounds Saturday to secure…
Canadian champ Kerri Einarson leads the way at Grand Slam of Curling event
CALGARY – Reigning Canadian women’s champion Kerri Einarson is off to a 3-0 start at…
Kerri Einarson, Brendan Bottcher win Grand Slam of Curling openers
CALGARY – The reigning national women’s and men’s champions are off to winning starts at…
Laurentian University axes hockey, swimming amid financial problems
SUDBURY, ONT. – Laurentian University is cutting its hockey and swimming Voyageurs teams because of…
AHL postpones three Marlies games due to league COVID-19 protocols
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The American Hockey League has postponed three Toronto Marlies games over the…
After weekend hiccup at men’s worlds, Grand Slams move into curling bubble
After three domestic events and an upended world men’s championship due to what organizers said…
Nova Scotia plans to allow limited crowds at women’s world hockey championship
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s top doctor says plans are in place to stage the women’s…
Positive COVID-19 tests at world men’s curling championship deemed “false positives”
CALGARY – The four positive COVID-19 tests that interrupted the men’s world curling championship are…
Start of Humpty’s Champions Cup pushed back a day in Calgary
CALGARY – Curling’s Humpty’s Champions Cup in Calgary has been pushed back a day. The…
Men’s world curling championship in Calgary concludes amid COVID scare
CALGARY – Niklas Edin’s fifth world men’s curling title was memorable not only because of…
Men’s world curling championship in Calgary remains in COVID limbo
CALGARY – The men’s world curling championship in Calgary remained in a holding pattern Saturday…
Canada blanks Wales in soccer friendly but has injury scare with Christine Sinclair
CARDIFF, United Kingdom – Canada coach Bev Priestman got the offence she wanted with three…
World men’s curling championship playoffs on hold because of COVID-19
CALGARY – Playoffs at the world men’s curling championship in Calgary have been suspended because…
Canada’s Bottcher eliminated from world curling championship suspended by COVID-19
CALGARY – Canada won’t play for a medal at this year’s men’s world curling championship,…