Curling

Fifteen firefighters from Kings, Annapolis, and Digby counties finished an intensive Level 1 training course hosted by the Annapolis County Fire Services Association over a number of months. Their graduation was held Dec. 9 at the Bridgetown Volunteer Fire Department hall.

Firefighters across the region graduate from Level 1 training program ...

Sisters Arionna Pinch, four, Haley, eight and Kayla, six all check their Waterville mailbox each day from Dec. 1 to 21 to see if their magical Christmas elf has left little gifts or notes for them. “It’s not about the gifts or bows. It’s about making them happy to be together,” said their mother Linda Pinch.

‘It’s about making them happy’: Magic Christmas elf sparks joy for ...

Mike and Lynda Carter of Canning and Capt. Kelly Fifield of the Kentville Salvation Army with toy donations at the Angel Tree in the County Fair Mall in New Minas.

Canning couple keep Angel Tree tradition alive at County Fair Mall in ...

COLUMN: Some ponderings on Christmas and kindness

Members of the Windsor-West Hants Transition Committee, include, from left: West Hants deputy warden Paul Morton, Windsor Mayor Anna Allen, transition co-ordinator Kevin Latimer, West Hants Warden Abraham Zebian and Windsor deputy mayor Laurie Murley.

Transition committee kicks off consolidation for Windsor, West Hants

While Wi-Fi cameras can be easier to install, the pros say they come with tradeoffs that suffer in comparison to a full-fledged security camera system that’s wired via ethernet cables to a dedicated hard drive or network video recorder. - Getty Images/iStockphoto

Tethered safety: Wi-Fi cameras come with tradeoffs

Ruth MacLeod’s Grade Primary and Grade 1 class at Gaspereau Valley Elementary School answers, “How is Santa so quiet as he leaves presents around the house?”

ASK THE KIDS: Gaspereau Valley answers ‘How is Santa so quiet?’

The fishing dragger Angela O steams into port at the Dennis Point wharf on Nov. 14 with the crew of the Atlantic Sapphire aboard

Atlantic Sapphire crew rescued from sinking boat: UPDATED

RECIPE: Non-Alcoholic Spiced Wine Sangria

VIBERT: Will McNeil run again?

The team from PEI (yellow/orange) took on a team from New Brunswick (blue) in the final game of the Time Hortons-Spitfire Arms Cashspiel.

Windsor Curling Club hosts high-calibre women’s teams during weekend tournament

Published Dec 02, 2018 at 3:12 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

Published Jan 09, 2018 at 1:22 p.m.

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

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

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 ...

Brad Gushue delivers a rock during his first game against John Epping at the 2017 Roar of the Rings Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Saturday night in Ottawa.

Gushue drops Olympic Trials opener to Epping

Robin Short
Updated Dec 03, 2017 at 6:32 a.m.

OTTAWA - If you subscribe to the theory that the glass is half empty, consider this: Brad Gushue, who carried a 32-5 record into these Roar of the Rings, the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, has now dropped three games in a row. Gushue and Co. ...

Robin Short/The Telegram — The St. John’s rink of (from left) Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker pose for team photos on Friday, practice day for the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian Olympic Curling Trials at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. Preliminary-round play begins today.

Former 'stress bag' Brad Gushue is putting things in perspective

Robin Short
Updated Dec 02, 2017 at 7:53 a.m.

Brad Gushue admits he was a “stress bag” back in the day, an intense and somewhat temperamental young buck who had curling ranked up there with breathing on his list of priorities. Today, Gushue, sitting barefoot in the sand and drink ...