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Hailey Armstrong
Hailey Breyanne Armstrong (born March 8, 1996) is a Canadian curler from Carleton Place, Ontario. She currently skips her own team out of Waterloo, Ontario. Career After winning the 2017 Ontario Junior Curling Championships, Armstrong competed in her lone Canadian Junior Curling Championships of her junior career at the 2017 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. She represented Ontario with teammates Grace Holyoke at third, Lindsay Dubue at second and Marcia Richardson at lead. They finished the round robin and championship pools with an unblemished 10–0 record, qualifying directly for the final where they faced Alberta's Kristen Streifel. Tied 3–3 with hammer in the tenth end, Armstrong was heavy on her final draw, giving Alberta a steal of two and the 5–3 win. Armstrong aged out of juniors the following season and began skipping her own team on the World Curling Tour. Her team qualified for the 2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they went 0–3 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth-largest city and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Ottawa is the political centre of Canada and headquarters to the federal government. The city houses numerous foreign embassies, key buildings, organizations, and institutions of Canada's government, including the Parliament of Canada, the Supreme Court, the residence of Canada's viceroy, and Office of the Prime Minister. Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855, its original boundaries were expanded through numerous annexations and were ultimately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristen Streifel , a central figure in the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal
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Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories (NWT) to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. It is one of the only two landlocked provinces in Canada (Saskatchewan being the other). The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly continental climate but experiences quick temperature changes due to air aridity. Seasonal temperature swings are less pronounced in western Alberta due to occasional Chinook winds. Alberta is the fourth largest province by area at , and the fourth most populous, being home to 4,262,635 people. Alberta's capital is Edmonton, while Calgary is its largest city. The two are Alberta's largest census metropolitan areas. More tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in the energy, financial services, film and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Scotties Tournament Of Hearts
The 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 19 to 28 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The winning Kerri Einarson team represented Canada at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship. The world championship was supposed to be held at the Curlinghalle Schaffhausen in Schaffhausen, Switzerland; however, the event was cancelled and rescheduled to the "Calgary bubble" of the Markin MacPhail Centre. The event was originally scheduled to be held in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it was announced that most Curling Canada championships still being held in the 2020–21 curling season would be moved to a centralized "bubble" (similar to that of the NHL as in Edmonton) at Canada Olympic Park. All events were held behind closed doors with no spectators permitted. In addition, due to COVID-19 restrictions and logistics, most provincial playdowns were ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Scotties Tournament Of Hearts
The Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts (French: ''Championnat Provincial des Cœurs Scotties'') is the Quebec provincial women's curling tournament. The tournament is run by Curling Québec, the provincial curling association. The winning team represents Quebec at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Scotties Tournament of Hearts (''french: Le Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties''; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Associat .... Past winners (National champions in bold) Sources {{Scotties playdowns Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial tournaments Curling competitions in Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Quebec
The COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec is part of an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Until 2021, Quebec had reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Canada, eventually overtaken by Ontario. The pandemic first spread to Quebec in late February 2020, with the first confirmed case being a 41-year-old woman from Montreal who had returned from Iran on a flight from Doha, Qatar. Quebec declared its first ''Public Health Emergency'' in its history on March 14, 2020, and it was renewed every 10 days until June 1, 2022, when it was officially ended. On March 15, the government enforced the closure of various entertainment and recreational venues, and on March 23, all non-essential businesses were ordered to close. By the end of March, over four and a half thousand cases had been confirmed in all regions of the province. Long-term care homes were particul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noémie Verreault
Noémie Audet-Verreault (born May 25, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Chicoutimi, Quebec. She currently skips her own team out of Quebec City. Career Verreault represented Quebec at back to back Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in 2009 and 2010 as third for Simon Hébert. In both years, the team finished with a 4–7 record, missing the playoffs. Ten years later, Verreault won the 2020 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts where her rink of Alanna Routledge, Marie-Pier Côté and Jill Routledge upset the Laurie St-Georges Laurie St-Georges (born August 23, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Laval, Quebec. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. St-Georges represented Quebec at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and led her team to a 6–6 re ... team in the provincial final. At the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team struggled throughout the week and ultimately finished tied for last with a winless 0–7 record. Personal life Verrault ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Quebec Scotties Tournament Of Hearts
The 2020 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Quebec, was held from January 20 to 26 at the Arèna de Salaberry in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. The winning Noémie Verreault rink represented Quebec at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and finished with a 0–7 record. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 Quebec Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship. Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Round-robin results All draws are listed in Eastern Time ( UTC−05:00). Draw 5 ''Tuesday, January 21, 8:15 am'' Draw 6 ''Tuesday, January 21, 12:00 pm'' Draw 7 ''Tuesday, January 21, 3:45 pm'' Draw 8 ''Tuesday, January 21, 7:30 pm'' Draw 9 ''Wednesday, January 22, 8:15 am'' Draw 10 ''Wednesday, January 22, 12:00 pm'' Draw 11 ''Wednesday, January 22, 3:45 pm'' Draw 12 ''Wednesday, January 22, 7:30 pm'' Draw 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Balsdon
Megan Balsdon (born May 10, 1982 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third on Team Hollie Duncan. Career In 1998, Balsdon won the Ontario Bantam Mixed championships playing third for skip Bobby Reid. In 2001, she won the Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships playing third for Carrie Lindner. The team represented Ontario at the 2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, finishing with an 8-4 round robin record. The team would place third after losing to Prince Edward Island's Suzanne Gaudet in the semifinal game. After juniors, Balsdon joined the Kelly Cochrane rink, playing third for Cochrane until 2006. Balsdon then re-united with Lindner as her third, winning the 2006 Shorty Jenkins Classic, their first World Curling Tour event together. The team would play in two Grand Slam events, the 2007 Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic and the 2008 Sobeys Slam. Balsdon and Lindner added Julie Reddick as their skip in 2011, with Balsdon throwing sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Tour Challenge
The 2019 KIOTI TRACTOR Tour Challenge was held from November 5 to 10, at the Pictou County Wellness Centre in Westville Road, Nova Scotia. It was the second Grand Slam event of the 2019–20 season. In the men's tier 1 final, Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario defeated Brad Gushue of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador to win his 5th Grand Slam. In the tier 2 final, Korey Dropkin defeated Tanner Horgan to earn a spot at the 2020 Canadian Open in January. In the women's tier 1 final, Anna Hasselborg of Sundbyberg, Sweden defeated Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Manitoba to win her 3rd Grand Slam. In the tier 2 final, Kim Min-ji defeated Jestyn Murphy to earn a spot at the Canadian Open. Qualification The Tour Challenge consists of two tiers. For the Tier 1, the top 15 teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit rankings as of October 1, 2019 are invited. In the event that a team declines their invitation, the next-ranked team on the order of merit is invited until th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Slam Of Curling
The Grand Slam of Curling (branded as the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling for sponsorship reasons) is a series of curling bonspiels that are a part of the annual World Curling Tour. Grand Slam events offer a purse of at least CAD$100,000, and feature the best teams from across Canada and around the World. The Grand Slam was instituted during the 2001–02 season for men and 2006–07 for women (with the 2006 Players' Championship also considered a Slam), but some of the Grand Slam events have longer histories as bonspiels. The Grand Slam season consists of six men's and women's events. The original four events (Masters, Open, National, and Players' Championship) are considered to be "majors". The other two slams (Tour Challenge and Champions Cup) have unique formats that set them apart from other events on the World Curling Tour. History In 2001, many curlers were upset with the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). Their complaints included the long curling season, not getting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
