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The fields are slowly filling up for the national curling championships, events that have provided a beacon of light in what has been a dreary competitive season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. . . .
Cardboard fan cutouts. Artificial crowd noise. In-house big screens.The curling broadcast experience in the fan-free Calgary bubble may borrow some new feat
Ontario, Manitoba cancel provincial playdowns Ontario and Manitoba followed Northern Ontario's lead on Monday by cancelling their respective provincial curling championships. The Canadian Press Rachel Homan , The Canadian Press More star power was added to the national curling championships on Monday when Ontario and Manitoba cancelled provincial playdowns due to the pandemic and instead declared representatives to compete in the Calgary bubble later this season. Both provinces followed the recent lead of the Northern Ontario Curling Association by...
The Brier Is Broken And Other Fake News Abandoning the provincial structure will kill the Brier. Author: Abandoning the provincial structure will kill the Brier. Somehow, the very Canadian debate on the format of the Brier/Scotties nationals has bubbled to the surface amidst this pandemic. Once again, the debate of what these championships are and how we should qualify the teams has been the subject of podcasts and newspaper articles. Curling Canada, understandably desperate to run its most lucrative events, has scheduled a Brier and a Scotties to be held in an NHL-style bubble. Some curlers ...