While there's been more clarity about what the fields for both the Scotties and Brier will look like with just over a month from the beginning of the curling frenzy, set to take place in the Calgary curling bubble, there are still a l…

Saskatchewan has become the latest province in a growing list that has cancelled its curling provincials to determine what team will head to the Scotties and Brier in the Calgary curling bubble.

Teams on the bubble for the so-called Calgary curling bubble could breathe a little easier Wednesday after Curling Canada expanded the field for its upcoming national championships.

Longtime Northwest Territories curler Jamie Koe, brother of Kevin Koe and Kerry Galusha, tells CBC Sports his team is withdrawing from their territorial playdowns due to concerns over facing suspension should they withdraw after commi…

Nova Scotia is the latest province to cancel its curling playdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The provincial men's and women's championships were scheduled for Jan. 25-31 in New Glasgow, N.S.

Peter Mackey's team captured the Nunavut men's curling championship on Sunday, beating Wade Kingdon's team 10-6 in a winner-take-all game at the Iqaluit Curing Club and earning a berth in the Tim Horton's Brier.

The Brier will be held at the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge, Alta., in 2022. Curling Canada made the announcement Friday during a video conference call.

A day after top curlers in Alberta expressed their concern to CBC Sports about holding a provincial championship in Sylvan Lake at the end of January, Alberta Curling has cancelled the event. 

Skip Rachel Homan has pencilled in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on her calendar next month for the Calgary curling bubble. If she were to win a fourth national women's title, it would make for a most interesting decision on her p…

Canada's 2018 Olympic skip Kevin Koe, who is a four-time Brier champion, says he appreciates all the work Curling Alberta has put in to make a provincial championship happen, but with COVID-19 cases rising he says it’s ti…

Watch Olympic Games Replay, a look back at some of the most exciting moments in past Games. On this week's edition of the program, relive all the curling action from the 2014 Sochi Games.

The curling broadcast experience in the fan-free Calgary bubble may borrow some new features from other sports that have come back in the pandemic. But viewers can still expect the familiar look that they have grown accustomed to with…

Both Ontario and Manitoba have cancelled playdowns for the women's and men's national curling championships because of on-going health concerns and restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville, who was the runner-up at the 2016 Scotties in Grand Prairie, has decided not to enter the Calgary curling bubble after being hand-picked to represent the province.

Last year’s Scotties and Brier champions are joining forces to form Canada’s newest mixed doubles curling team. Kerri Einarson and Brad Gushue have made it official that they will be competing as a team at the upcoming m…

A Portuguese curling couple inside a rink in Nanaimo, B.C., is not something you hear every day. But if April Gale-Seixeiro and her husband Steve Seixeiro have it their way, they’re going to put the soccer-crazed nation on the…

Curling Canada will impose harsh penalties should anyone step outside its proposed competition bubble in Calgary, including suspension from competitive play until July 2022, CBC Sports has learned.

For as much excitement as there is around Curling Canada making it official that Calgary will be the curling hub city, there are many who are massively skeptical about why it’s being held in what is now the COVID hotspot in the…

CBC Sports' daily newsletter breaks down Curling Canada's plan to hold the 2021 Scotties, Brier and men's world championship in Calgary.

Weeks after CBC Sports first reported the Alberta city had been selected to host a number of important bonspiels, Curling Canada made it official on Tuesday that the Scotties, the Brier, the men's world championship and the mixed doub…

Saskatchewan’s hockey teams have faced serious funding shortfalls during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, the Saskatchewan government announced $4 million to help keep the province’s Western Hockey League (WHL) and Sask…

Connor McDavid scored a hat trick and added an assist as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 Thursday for their first win of the NHL season.

Patrik Laine scored his second goal of the game in overtime, and the Winnipeg Jets started their season with a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames Thursday.

And after seeing many of their prospects up close in the minors the last few years, not to mention some key off-season acquisitions brought to the nation's capital, Sheldon Keefe believes the temperature of the once-nasty Battle of On…

The puck drops Thursday on the NHL season-opener for the Winnipeg Jets, and many are expecting several pairs of gloves to drop as well.

Chicago captain Jonathan Toews will miss at least 10 games and 24 days after the team placed him on long-term injured reserve Thursday because of an unspecified illness.

Brock Boeser scored twice, including the winner, as the Vancouver Canucks downed the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Wednesday in the 2020-21 NHL season opener for both teams.

Morgan Rielly scored at 3:24 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 to raise the curtain on the NHL's abbreviated 56-game season Wednesday night.

The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward Trevor Lewis to a one-year, US$750,000 contract.

Hours before opening faceoff for the 2021 NHL season, potential COVID-19 concerns popped up in two Canadian markets.

CBC Sports' daily newsletter looks at the many things to like about the all-Canadian North Division.

The Florida Panthers got goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky back Wednesday, the two-time Vezina Trophy winner joining the club on the ice for the first time since training camp started.

Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice struggled to blow a whistle while wearing a mask. Barry Trotz couldn't see if one of his New York Islanders players was skating toward him because his mask had helped fog up his glasses.

The NHL says 27 players returned positive COVID-19 tests during training camps as the league prepares to open its season.

Lacing up skates for a game of shinny on an outdoor rink is a cold-weather ritual for many Canadians. The treasured pastime has largely disappeared this winter, however, as many city-run ice surfaces across the country prohibit outdoo…

Ahead of Wednesday night's puck drop, here's a look at some key things for the pandemic-shortened 2021 campaign.

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk tweeted on Tuesday that it's time to allow fans to attend home games at Canadian Tire Centre (CTC) despite the COVID-19 pandemic, but later backtracked, saying "that time is not now."

Rob Pizzo identifies the key things to watch as the season begins.

With the NHL preparing to start an unprecedented season, goaltenders Thatcher Demko and Braden Holtby "have hit if off" despite knowing they’ll be sharing the Vancouver Canucks crease.

The dawn of a new NHL season is upon us and given the paralyzing impact of the global pandemic, it will be a memorable one regardless of which team hoists the Stanley Cup. Here are some burning questions concerning the Canadian…

Andrew Harris is back for another year with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Quarterback Cody Fajardo has signed a contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders through the 2022 season.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed 2019 CFL most outstanding player Brandon Banks. The American wide receiver will return for his eighth season with the club in 2021.

Saskatchewan Roughrider Shaq Evans apologized for comments he made on social media that implied he no longer had love for the province.

Quarterback Mike Reilly says he didn't worry about the ins and outs of his contract grievance with the B.C. Lions. After all, the business dealings haven't changed his ultimate goal — bringing the Grey Cup back to B.C.

Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu has signed with the Carolina Panthers and will join the NFL team's practice squad.

The B.C. Lions named head coach Rick Campbell and football operations director Neil McEvoy as their co-general managers on Monday. They take over from Ed Hervey, who stepped down from the post in October.

'Joey was so blessed with opportunities that he had. ... He changed people's view on the difference that can be made by employing someone with disabilities.'

For the first time since 1919 the Grey Cup won't be awarded to a deserving Canadian Football League team and that means the shenanigans that goes with a quintessentially Canadian and quirky celebration isn't playing out either.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have the first selection of the 2021 CFL draft. The draft order was determined by a random draw rather than won-lost records because the league didn't stage a 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CFL announced its 2021 schedule on Friday with the first game of the season featuring a 2019 Grey Cup rematch between the Hamilton Tiger Cats and champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday, June 10.

The COVID-19 pandemic has done something few CFL defences have since 2014 — ground Bo Levi Mitchell. The Calgary Stampeders star was named the quarterback of the CFL's all-decade team (2010-19) on Thursday.

Bryan Burnham wasn't shocked when his fellow CFL players recounted their personal stories of experiencing racism. The B.C. Lions wide receiver knows there are too many stories to be told.

Scott Milanovich, Mike O'Shea and Orlondo Steinauer opened the Grey Cup Unite coaches availability Wednesday. The CFL is staging many of its annual championship week events virtually after cancelling its plans for an abbreviated 2020…

The nine CFL teams unveiled their local events Thursday for the league's Grey Cup Unite program.

​​​​​​​CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the league is examining all of its options to stage a 2021 season, including playing games before no fans or limited spectators.

Canadian receiver Terrell Jana's last name doesn't appear on the back of his Virginia Cavaliers football jersey. The senior from Vancouver made that decision after visiting the memorial to enslaved labourers at the University of Virgi…

With no CFL season due to the pandemic, this is the first time in years that Montreal Alouettes head coach Khari Jones had has time to work on another one of his passions - acting.

The B.C. Lions are in the market for a new general manager. The CFL club announced Friday that GM Ed Hervey has advised the franchise that he's stepping down for personal reasons.

On the same Saskatoon field where she spent hours as a young girl watching her older brothers practise for the Hilltop football team, Emmarae Dale put on her cleats, heaved on her shoulder pads, snapped on her blue and gold helmet and…