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2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic
The 2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic was held from October 21 to 24 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple-knockout format with a purse of $60,000. In the final, Team Rachel Homan of Ottawa, Ontario topped Team Chiaki Matsumura of Japan 9–4 in six ends. Homan lost their first game of the event to China's Mei Jie before winning their next eight games to claim the championship. Teams The teams are listed as follows: Knockout brackets Source: A event B event C event Knockout results All draw times listed in Central Time Zone, Central Time (UTC−06:00). Draw 1 ''Friday, October 21, 10:00 am'' Draw 2 ''Friday, October 21, 1:30 pm'' Draw 3 ''Friday, October 21, 5:00 pm'' Draw 4 ''Friday, October 21, 8:30 pm'' Draw 5 ''Saturday, October 22, 10:00 am'' Draw 6 ''Saturday, October 22, 1:30 pm'' Draw 7 ''Saturday, October 22, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portage La Prairie
Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. As of 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area of the city was . Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Highway (exactly halfway between the provincial boundaries of Saskatchewan and Ontario). The community sits on the Assiniboine River, which flooded the town persistently until a diversion channel north to Lake Manitoba (the Portage Diversion) was built to divert the flood waters. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie. According to Environment Canada, Portage la Prairie has the most sunny days during the warm months in Canada. It is the administrative headquarters of the Dakota Tipi First Nations reserve. History Pre-colonial era Long before European settlers arrived in the mid-1800s, the Portage la Prairie area was first inhabited by several Indigenous nations (including the Anishinaabe/Ojibwe, Cree, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
