2016 Yukon Men's Curling Championship
The 2016 Yukon Men's Curling Championship was held January 15 to 17 at the Whitehorse Curling Club in Whitehorse, Yukon. The winning Bob Smallwood team represented the Yukon at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier. Smallwood qualified for his second straight Brier on the last day of competition, defeating the only other undefeated team, the Matthew Blandford Matthew Blandford (born April 16, 1985) is a Canadian curler currently residing in Cold Lake, Alberta. He is originally from Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, and is a three-time Newfoundland and Labrador junior champion. Career Blandfo ... rink. Teams Six teams entered the event: Standings Scores January 15 ;Draw 1 *Blandford 13-2 Balsam *Paslawski 9-2 Mikkelsen *Smallwood 9-7 Wallingham ;Draw 2 *Smallwood 7-3 Paslawski *Blandford 9-8 Wallingham *Mikkelsen 8-7 Balsam January 16 ;Draw 3 *Wallingham 12-2 Balsam *Smallwood 7-6 Mikkelsen *Blandford 14-9 Paslawski ;Draw 4 *Blandford 10-2 Mikkelsen *Paslawski 9-8 ...
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Whitehorse, Yukon
Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which rises in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in Alaska. The city was named after the White Horse Rapids for their resemblance to the mane of a white horse, near Miles Canyon, before the river was dammed. Because of the city's location in the Whitehorse valley and relative proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the climate is milder than comparable northern communities such as Yellowknife. At this latitude, winter days are short and summer days have up to about 19 hours of daylight. Whitehorse, as reported by ''Guinness World Records'', is the city with the least air pollution in the world. As of the 2021 Canadian census, the population was 28,201 within city boundaries and 31,913 in the cens ...
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