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  REGINA -- Days after the Men’s Curling World Championships in Calgary were put on hold for a day due to COVID-19 concerns, a new crop of curlers have arrived in Alberta. Team Matt Dunstone’s Dustin Kidby will be competing against 11 other teams in the Grand Slam of Curling’s Champions Cup. The Regina curler is currently isolating in a hotel room in Calgary ahead of the competition. “We still all feel totally safe and I think it’s the safest place you could be in the country,” Kidby said. During the World Championship competition, Curling Canada revealed four position and a...

Bottcher shot 97 per cent to lead his Alberta side to a 4-2 victory. Koe's Wild Card Two conceded in the 10th end with no options available to score a game-tying deuce. "It's just such a good feeling when you know you've worked so hard and then you come out and play your best at the biggest game there is," Bottcher said. "That's just really a cool and a special feeling." With about 30 seconds left on the clock, Koe and teammates John Morris, B.J. Neufeld and Ben Hebert briefly studied the house. Facing three stones and with no real chance at pulling even, they decided to call it.

(TSN Curling Twitter) Saskatchewan’s Brier drought will go on for another year. Matt Dunstone and his Regina team of Braeden Moskowy, Kirk Muyres and Dustin Kidby lost 6-5 to Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher in the semifinal at the Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary on Sunday. A Saskatchewan team hasn’t won the Canadian men’s curling title since Rick Folk in 1980. A rink from the province also hasn’t appeared in the Brier final since 1995, when Brad Heidt lost 10-8 to Manitoba’s Kerry Burtnyk. Bottcher advanced to his fourth straight Brier final, this time against the Wild Card team skipped b...

Bottcher beats Koe 4-2 to win Canadian men's curling championship for first time Team Alberta celebrates defeating Team Wild Card Two to win the Brier curling final in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, March 14, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh March 14, 2021 - 10:00 PM CALGARY - Brendan Bottcher knew it would require a near-flawless performance to deny Kevin Koe a fifth career title at the Canadian men's curling championship. He was just about perfect Sunday night to finally end a three-year silver streak at the Tim Hortons Brier. Bottcher shot 97 per cent to le...

Brendan Bottcher and his Edmonton rink delivered a gut-punch to the Saskatchewan curling community in a nail-b...