June 4, 2010 at 8:43 pm in Alberta / Canada / News

Gold medalist John Morris finds shaving difficult

John Morris, third of Kevin Martin’s 2010 Olympic gold medal winning team, remarks about how difficult he finds shaving is in a one-on-one interview with Canwest sports reporter Cory Wolfe.

April 11, 2010 at 9:10 am in Alberta / Canada / News / World / feature / playdown

Canada’s Koe wins world championship gold

Kevin Koe along with third Blake MacDonald, second Carter Rycroft and lead Nolan Thiessen captured the gold medal at the Capital One Men’s World Curling Championship in Cortina, Italy with a 9-3 victory over Norway’s Torger Nergard. (Photo courtesy of Newspower)

April 9, 2010 at 8:21 pm in Alberta / Canada / News / World

Canada’s Koe curls into world final

Having finally emerged from the shadows of his rivals to conquer Alberta, and then Canada, skip Kevin Koe has curled his way to within a win of beating the world. Less than a month after winning the Brier on his very first try, Koe will appear in Sunday’s title game at the Capital One World Men’s Championship after his big win in the one-versus-two Page Playoff game. The 35-year-old rolled to an 11-5 win over Norway on Friday.

April 8, 2010 at 8:09 pm in Alberta / Canada / News / World

Norway takes first with win over Canada

Friday’s Page playoff 1-2 game at the 2010 Capital One men’s world curling championship is a tale of two teams heading in opposite directions.

Norway’s Torger Nergard has reeled off 10 consecutive wins since opening with a 5-4 loss to…

April 7, 2010 at 8:09 pm in Alberta / Canada / News / World / ontario / opinion

WCF makes no major rule changes

It was much ado about nothing.

After much pomp and circumstance, the World Curling Federation elected not to conduct any major changes to the sport during its annual general assembly on Wednesday in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

The only significant move…

April 7, 2010 at 7:57 pm in Alberta / Canada / News / World / ontario / opinion

Canada sweeps away Japan and France

Despite Germany’s Andy Kapp managing to tame the Canadian fury in last night’s draw, Canada’s Kevin Koe keeps looking down at everyone else in the rankings at the Capital One World Men’s Curling Championship, currently underway in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.…

April 6, 2010 at 7:57 pm in Alberta / Canada / News / World / opinion

WCF members set to vote on radical changes

t’s not the changing of the length of curling games from 10 ends to eight ends in international competitions that worries Kevin Koe.

Rather, it’s the gimmicky suggestions of eliminating extra ends or allotting three points for a victory and…