Alberta Sports

"There's no more soft games at the Brier," said Wild Card Two lead Ben Hebert. "Every game (now) is going to have the playoff mentality of the semis and the final."

The preliminary round continues through Thursday night at the Markin MacPhail Centre on the grounds of Canada Olympic Park. The top four teams in each pool will advance to the two-day championship round.

Kevin Koe's Wild Card Two team defeated Canada's Brad Gushue 9-7 to hand the defending champions their first loss of the preliminary round.

The preliminary round continues through Thursday night. The top four teams in each nine-team pool will advance to the two-day championship round starting Friday.

Canmore's Matt Bean is reaching out to the community as he embarks on his professional golf journey.

Val Sweeting and Rachel Homan have both made "valuable contributions" to the St. Paul Curling Club.

There may have been more to the rumour that the NHL was looking at Lake Louise to host an outdoor hockey game.

Although Team Homan hails from Ontario, the team's fourth - Rachel Homan - has ties to the Lakeland area.

Maya MacIsaac-Jones racing towards Olympic dreams after 18th place finish at World Cup in Sweden

While the majority of WHL clubs are still awaiting word on when their season might begin, Alberta Health and provincial officials have given approval for the WHL’s five Alberta-based squads to commence an abbreviated 24-game regular season schedule to start Feb. 26.