2017 Yukon Men's Curling Championship
The 2017 Yukon Men's Curling Championship was held January 12 to 15 at the Whitehorse Curling Club in Whitehorse, Yukon. The winning Jon Solberg team represented the Yukon at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier The 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4–12, 2017 at the Mile One Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. This marked the second time the Brier was hosted by St. John's, the first ..., Canada's national men's curling championship. Teams Seven teams entered the event: Draw Following new rules set out by the Yukon Curling Association, championships with 6-7 teams are to have a modified triple knock out format. Brackets: Playoffs ''Pierce had to be beaten twice'' Game #1 ''Sunday, January 16, 9:00 am'' Game #2 ''Sunday, January 16, 3:00 pm'' References External linksResults {{DEFAULTSORT:Yukon Men's Curling Championship, 2017 2017 Tim Hortons Brier Men's Curling Championship, 2017 Sport in White ...
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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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