Category Archives: World Curling
Calculating the windfall of curling
PRINCE GEORGE - Every event that comes to a community, sporting or otherwise, that brings visitors has an impact on the economy of that community. Its acronym is called STEAM, an acronym for Sport Tou...
Mar 22, 2022
Curling fans are "passionate"
PRINCE GEORGE - "We were literally set up and ready to go two years ago when the world changed. It's cool now that we're back. It's almost like we're bookending it," says Nolan Thiessen, Executive Dir...
Mar 22, 2022
"The Patch" is the place to be at the World women’s curling championship
PRINCE GEORGE- Now you may not have tickets to see the Woman's World Curling Championship but that doesn't mean you can't take in the atmosphere. This weekend just beside all the curling action is the...
Mar 22, 2022
World Women's Curling Championships: Monday Recap
PRINCE GEORGE - Team Canada improved to a 3-2 record at the World Women's Curling Championships with an 8-4 victory over Denmark on Monday inside the CN Centre.Kerri Einarson's crew faces Japan (4-1) ...
Mar 21, 2022
World Women's Curling Championships: Weekend Recap
PRINCE GEORGE - The World Women's Curling Championships returned back to Prince George and, after two years of waiting, the first rock was thrown Saturday, March 19 as the opening draw got the entire ...
Mar 20, 2022
'Girls Rock!' teaches young athletes curling and empowerment
PRINCE GEORGE-32 lucky girls got their chance to meet some olympic medalists all while trying out a sport ahead of the World Women's Curling Championship.Girls Rock! was presented today at the Prince ...
Mar 18, 2022
Curling 101
PRINCE GEORGE - "Well the objective of curling is to deliver the rocks down to the other end of the ice and score the most points by getting them into the house. The circles," explains Don McDermid, G...
Mar 18, 2022
Team Canada feeling goosebumps ahead of WWCC and return of family into stands
PRINCE GEORGE - Just two years ago, Kerri Einarson and the rest of Team Canada were holding a media availability at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club ahead of the 2020 World Women's Curling Cham...
Mar 17, 2022
World Women’s Curling Championship
starts Saturday in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Two years later than they had hoped, Kerri Einarson and her Canadian championship team from Gimli, Man., will wear the Maple Leaf in Prince George, B.C.Einarson, vice-skip Val Sweeting...
Mar 16, 2022
Local event organizers excited for full capacity
PRINCE GEORGE - It was two years ago in March. The ice was ready and the teams from around the world were in the town, the international television crews were set to put Prince George in the spotlight...
Feb 16, 2022