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, General Manager of the Prince George Golf and Curling Club. And there are two circles or houses. One at each en...

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 Championships.That tournament never happened with the rise of COVID-19 and the World Curling Federation pulling the plug jus...

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, second Shannon Birchard, lead Briane Meilleur, alternate Krysten Karwacki, team coach Reid Carruthers and national coa...

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. And then? Nothing. The Championships were cancelled due to COVID. But the event is back on the table and the news of 1...

PRINCE GEORGE - March 12, 2020. The ice was calibrated, teams were rolling into town from around the world and then? The World Women's Curling Championships were cancelled. It was the first major event to be cancelled because of COVID. But the events are coming back with a vengeance. Council recently approved some fina...

PRINCE GEORGE - In just three days, a champion will be crowned at the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont., and that team will instantly turn its thoughts to Prince George.The Scotties winner, of course, will be the home team at the 2022 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Women's Curling Championship, pre...

PRINCE GEORGE - There is a science to ice. No matter the sport, there is a difference in the ice. Curling is no different. "You try and get the ice somewhat flat with a series of misting and flooding. you build it up to a certain level and we actually paint it white. That's what gives it a nice, bright white appea...

PRINCE GEORGE - The CN Centre will be a vastly different place in two weeks."This will be a beehive of activity," says Glen Mikkelson, General Manager of the CN Centre. "Our ice makers will be busy making the curling ice. In fact, they're going to working 24 hours a day for about for or five days, gettin...

Despite giving up two points in the final two ends, Kerri Einarson's Manitoba rink prevailed at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw Sunday night as they earned an 8-7 win over Rachel Homan's Ontario rink in the National final.Going into the 9th end Einarson's Manitoba rink led 7-3. However, two in the 9...

It's not every day Olympic medalists are in the City of Prince George, and Friday morning students at Harwin Elementary School were taught the basics of curling from Canadian Olympian Karri Wilms and Sochi Silver medalist Tom Brewster."It's really nice to be involved with things like this," stated Brewster.&q...