Curling

Opinion: Behold a version of curling that puts men and women on equal footing, and cuts out the game’s boring parts. What’s not to like?

It’s like archery, except on ice… and with granite stones.

“It’s like their first steps in their new life here.” Refugees learn to play one of Canada’s beloved winter sports at Toronto’s Royal Canadian Curling Club, and reflect on how these initiatives have helped them settle in their new country.

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Curling in the nation’s capital — as photographed by Scott Feschuk

A brief brouhaha over breastfeeding access for female curlers at the Scotties highlights just how rare such outrages are in the sport

‘I was thankful to be alive, and I had these messages that I wanted to share,’ says one-time curling champion Colleen Jones

When Olympic gold medallist and curling all-star Jennifer Jones steps out onto the ice, her opponents know she’s so good that she could easily finish the match with an eight-ender. Ever wonder what it feels like to be Jones’s curling rock? It’s time to find out.

No ice? No curlers? A recruitment drive in Canada and in the U.S. is fuelling dreams of Olympic glory

Brad Jacobs’ rink thrashes Great Britain in curling, their way

‘I wonder which curling team is going to get tested?’

From Paul and John’s consideration of the Harper Era, insight into the place of patriotism in the new Conservative party.