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Canada out front, but B.C., Alberta nipping at their heels

Mallett sets up battle of giants this morning against Larouche

Scotties winner gets automatic berth into Olympic pre-trials

Jennifer Jones started curling, and kept curling, because she loved it. The Manitoba skip never curled to be in the spotlight, but that's exactly where she's been since she and her team won the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.

Squad from Yukon/Territories hoping a little luck goes a long way

It's difficult for Canada's elite curlers to ignore the Olympic dream drifting through their psyche, but Team Alberta plans to do just that, at least for the next week or so.

Stefanie Lawton rink brings a wealth of experience west

As soon as Barb Spencer and her sister Darcy Robertson could lift a curling rock, they were throwing them. For the Spencer clan, curling has always been in the house, and Team Manitoba is all about family atmosphere.

If you are a competitive curler, living in northern Ontario, be prepared to travel. That is what Krista McCarville and her team of third Tara George, second Kari MacLean and lead Lorraine Lang from the Fort William Curling Club did this year.

If there was an Olympics for trainers and strength and fitness coaches, this would be it. Island training guru Marc St.