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. Formerly a monthly print newspaper, it now publishes its articles on-line with a partnership with ''

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''. The ''Canadian Curling News'' was founded in 1957 by future

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. The publication had 7,800 subscriptions by the end of its first season in print. Former editors of the publication include

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, and George Karrys. Maxwell shut down the publication in 1994, but later brought it back. 1998 Olympic silver medallist George Karrys bought the publication in 2003, and re-branded it as ''The Curling News''. Karrys served as Editor-In-Chief until 2019. The Curling News was acquired by

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in 2019. The publication suspended its print operation during the

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in 2020. Later that year, it formed a partnership with ''

''.

References

External links

Official website
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