Brandt Centre

It was fair to call Saskatchewan’s win on Tuesday afternoon at the Montana’s Brier a Western-style shootout. The offence dominated play early and often in the Mike McEwen rink’s win over Alberta’s Aaron Sluchinski, 11-6. Saskatchewan was in a bind early after Colton Flasch missed a hit on the wings, allowing Alberta to sit as […]

Disruption was the theme Monday at the Canadian men’s curling championship. Four teams posted upsets over higher seeds in the Montana’s Brier, which added spice to the playoff race in Regina. Northwest Territories Jamie Koe pulled off a curling coup by beating defending champion Brad Gushue 7-5, although the latter recovered with an 8-3 win over […]

Brad Gushue was cruising at the 2018 Canadian men’s curling championship in Regina. After winning a first Brier in storybook fashion in his hometown of St. John’s N.L. and a world championship in 2017, the pressure was off and his curling team fired on all cylinders in Regina. But a lesson was learned there to […]

Hot on the heels of the Scotties last week in Calgary last week, comes the Montana’s Brier. The national men’s curling championship will be getting underway Friday at Brandt Centre. One of the big storylines is returning champion Brad Gushue, who is looking to be only the second team to win three straight championships. The […]

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (AP) — Ashton Bell and Renata Fast scored in a 2:38 span of the third period and Canada stayed alive in the Rivalry Series, rallying to beat the United States 4-2 on Wednesday night in Game 5. Canada cut the Americans’ series lead to 3-2 with two games left. They will remain in Saskatchewan for Game 6 […]

Brad Gushue’s first appearance at a national curling championship was memorable for his team’s unusual standings record and an interaction he won’t forget.  Just 14 at the time, Gushue threw second stones for the Newfoundland team that went 1-10 at the 1995 Canadian juniors at Regina’s Caledonia Club.  “I remember crying after just about every […]

Its been a busy week so far at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. The massive Agribition opened on Monday in the REAL District, and there is still several days of shows, sales and entertainment to come. Someone will be going home very happy tonight, as the winner will be announced for a trip to see […]