The Hants Journal

Cindy Day talks to some Cubs about the weather as they prepare for a winter camping trip.

CINDY DAY: Curious Cubs made my day!

The Valley Maple Leafs took on the Sackville Blazers Feb. 8 in Windsor. Pictured keeping the pressure on the Blazers is Kyle Keddy (No. 19).

Valley Maple Leafs lose to Blazers in Friday night action

Investigators are shown at the scene of a South Rawdon in this Apr 2017 file photo, where the remains of Laura Ross were found.

Crown withdraws murder charge against Upper Sackville man

Crews work on repairing an Irving gas station at the intersection of Sackville Dr. and Beaver Bank Rd. in Lower Sackville on Friday, Feb. 1. 38-year-old David Raymond Farrell of Windsor is facing multiple charges after he stole a truck and crashed it into the store after being pursued by police. He has been ordeder to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment.

Judge orders 30-day assessment for alleged driver in Highway 101 ...

President of the Treasury board and Kings-Hants MP Scott Brison announces $4.4 million in federal funding towards a Windsor-West Hants hockey arena/indoor soccer field facility.

Kings-Hants MP Scott Brison retiring from politics Feb. 10

WENDY ELLIOTT: Points to ponder before opting out of vaccines

Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney scold Oliver for not being grateful for what they provide him at the workhouse and announce plans to sell him.

SLIDESHOW: Oliver takes the stage in Windsor as Quick As A Wink ...

Bill Francis, right, was one of many current or former cabbies to show up Friday to give Neil Harpham, left, an emotional send-off shortly before Harpham ended his life by medically assisted suicide.

His time to go: Well-known P.E.I. businessman ends ‘wonderful’ life on ...

A fundraiser is underway to help offset costs associated with Holly Shute’s recent cancer diagnosis. Her husband, Troy Frizzel, has been her rock during her surgery and treatments.

Fundraiser launched to help Hants County couple dealing with cancer ...

Somewhere out there, trashcans are tweeting about their states of existence. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Send me more uplifting trash, please

Curling

Smith, Larsens, Palmer honoured with Berwick Curling Club Wall of Fame inductions

Published Jan 27, 2019 at 3:53 p.m.

A team of U14 curlers sweep as the rock makes its way down the ice at the eighth annual Earl MacKinnon Classic Jan. 21 at the Glooscap Curling Club in Kentville.

Kentville curling classic offers young athletes rare chance to rock competition

Updated Jan 23, 2018 at 3:25 p.m.

Berwick Curling Club president Mike Larsen, centre, and the club membership made inductions to its wall of fame on Jan. 13. Inductees included Mike Morse, left, Lori and Dan Dorey and the Edith Corkum Memorial Bonspiel. Original bonspiel organizer Cheryl Lloyd and Pam Morton, Mary Ellen Lonergan and Carol Hampsey – who used to curl on Corkum’s team – represented the bonspiel. Missing from the photo is Gwen Boyd.

Berwick Curling Club inducts athletes, builders, volunteers onto wall of fame

Published Jan 17, 2018 at 3:11 p.m.

For Shelley Barker, curling isn’t just a fulfilling competitive sport, it’s also the core of her social life — she’s met friends, her husband, and more through the game.

Windsor curler excelling in the sport while creating tight bonds with fellow players

Published Jan 14, 2018 at 11:22 a.m.

['The Windsor Curling Club is located on Grey Street.']

Free curling lessons being offered at Windsor Curling Club

Carole Morris-Underhill
Published Jan 09, 2018 at 1:22 p.m.

Hoping to capitalize on the mounting excitement over the upcoming Winter Olympics, Windsor's curling club is hosting a free learn to curl session. ...

Michael Burns/Curling Canada The look says it all as Newfoundland and Labrador skip Brad Gushue hangs his head during the semifinal game at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials semifinal Saturday night in Ottawa. Team Gushue was bounced from the Trials following a 6-4 loss to Mike McEwen.

Brad Gushue rink's Olympic dreams dashed

Robin Short
Updated Dec 10, 2017 at 7:53 a.m.

Ottawa - Four years of planning and building for a week-long, tension-filled test of endurance that is the Canadian Olympic Trials evaporated in just under three hours on the pebbled ice of Canadian Tire Centre as Brad Gushue and his curling team ...

Michael Burns/Curling Canada Skip Brad Gushue cautions his sweepers during a Canadian Olympic Curling Trials game against Steve Laycock Thursday night in Ottawa.

Brad Gushue punches ticket to semifinal at Olympic trials

Robin Short
Updated Dec 08, 2017 at 5:18 a.m.

OTTAWA - We don’t want to get too ahead of ourselves here, but the thoughts of it are too delicious not to contemplate. Tonight’s final round-robin game of the Roar of the Rings between Brad Gushue and Kevin Koe might well be a prelude ...

Canadian Press photo/Adrian Wyld — Brad Gushue throws a stone during the Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa.

Gushue moves into second-place tie at Olympic Trials

Robin Short
Updated Dec 07, 2017 at 5:58 a.m.

Ottawa - Mike McEwen decided to give the fans a little show with his last shot Wednesday night, sliding from the hack and doing a 360-degree turn before releasing his stone. The game was over, except for the handshakes, and McEwen figured ...

Grand Slam of Curling/Anil Mungal —Brad Gushue believes he and longtime third Mark Nichols (right) will benefit from having already won Olympic gold as they compete at the Olympic Trials in Ottawa. “For myself and Mark, in particular, there’s probably a whole lot less pressure on us than there is on a lot of other curlers,” he said.

Gushue, Nichols all for the move to ban Russia from Olympics

Robin Short
Updated Dec 06, 2017 at 5:35 a.m.

By Robin Short Telegram Sports Editor-Ottawa Ottawa - You can count two former Olympic medal winners and current world champions among those who agree with Tuesday’s big announcement that saw the International Olympic Committee bar ...

CP photo Brad Gushue and his teammates, from left, Geoff Walker, Mark Nichols and Brett Gallant discuss a shot during a game against Winnipeg's Reid Carruthers at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Tuesday in Ottawa.

No 'A' grades yet, but Gushue curlers making improvement

Robin Short
Updated Dec 06, 2017 at 5:31 a.m.

Ottawa - Brad Gushue says his curling team, after four days of the Canadian Olympic trials, still isn’t at the top of its game. Mark Nichols goes so far as to rate their performance a B-minus. But Gushue, Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff ...

Michael Burns/Curling Canada Sweepers Geoff Walker, left, and Brett Gallant go to work on a rock thrown by Brad Gushue, background, during their Roar of the Rings Canadian Olympic Curling Trials game against Brad Jacobs Monday night in Ottawa.

Gushue drops heart-breaker to Jacobs; drops to 2-2 at Olympic Trials

Robin Short
Updated Dec 05, 2017 at 6:30 a.m.

Ottawa - Brad Gushue certainly isn’t prepared to throw in the towel, but the skip of the curling team from St. John’s is skating on thin ice at these Roar of the Rings Canadian Olympic Trials. Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant and ...

Michael Burns/Curling Canada — Team Gushue second Brett Gallant concentrates on making a throw during play at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Olympic Curling Trials, being held this week in Ottawa.

For Team Gushue second Brett Gallant, the joy of competing is tinged with sadness

Robin Short
Updated Dec 05, 2017 at 5:41 a.m.

OTTAWA — He’s 27 and having the time of his life, a quasi-professional in the world of amateur curling with a shot at going to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Yet Brett Gallant, on some days, curls with a heavy ...

Canadian Press file photo/Jonathan Hayward — In this April 5, 2017 file photo, Team Canada lead Geoff Walker (lead) waits to sweep a shot by skip Brad Gushue during round-robin play against Japan at the world men’s curling championship in Edmonton. The game was played at the former Northlands Coliseum, former home of the Edmonton Oilers, Walker’s favourite NHL team.

Team Gushue lead Geoff Walker once had different dreams on ice

Robin Short
Updated Dec 04, 2017 at 3:55 a.m.

Ottawa — Geoff Walker, the lead on Brad Gushue’s reigning Tim Hortons Brier and world championship curling team, wasn’t always about rocks and rings. Unlike Gushue, Mark Nichols and Brett Gallant, all of whom never really took to ...

Canadian Press photo/Adrian Wyld—Brad Gushue and his St. John’s teammates had something to yell about Sunday, when they picked up their first win at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa.

Gushue gets into win column at Olympic Curling Trials

Robin Short
Updated Dec 04, 2017 at 3:59 a.m.

Ottawa — It wasn’t their best performance in an otherwise brilliant season to date, but Brad Gushue and the curlers from St. John’s played well enough Sunday evening to secure a 6-5, extra end win over Brendan Bottcher of Alberta at ...