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Curling’s biggest rock stars will be heading to the Rock in 2017 for the Tim Hortons Brier, it was announced today by Curling Canada. The 2017 Canadian Men’s Curling Championship will be played March 4-12 at Mile One Centre in St. John’s, and will be just the second time the Brier has been played in Canada’s easternmost province. The 1972 …

The rink of Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, and Geoff Walker captured two Grand Slam titles last season winning the Masters and Canadian Open events. Olympic gold medallist Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg will also hit the ice for Draw 1 action facing Sherry Middaugh, from Coldwater, Ont., while reigning Rogers Grand Slam Cup champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland starts her quest …

Out of 705 nominations made to the Kraft Project Play competition from across Canada, the Swilers Rugby Club was one of only four communities selected for a $25,000 prize and a shot at the grand prize of $250,000. The winner will be decided by the number of on-line votes that are submitted by supporters between 1:30 p.m. Monday, August 17th …

The Honourable Paul Davis, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, was at the Soccer Hut (Topsail Soccer Pitch) in Conception Bay South this morning to announce an $880,000 investment for infrastructure upgrades to sport and recreation facilities in preparation for the 2016 Newfoundland and Labrador Summer Games. “These upgrades will enhance Summer Games activities in August 2016, but equally as important, …

Jill Brewer (City of St. John’s) and Seamus O’Keefe (STEP St. John’s) joined a group of almost fifty participants, from all four Atlantic provinces, in Moncton on June 8&9, 2015 for the first ever Atlantic Canada Event Summit.  The Summit was hosted by the City of Moncton and Events Moncton and was held in conjunction with the FIFA Women’s World …

Hockey NL is excited to announce the start of the 2015 Allan Cup National Senior AAA Championships taking place at the Eastlink Events Centre in Clarenville, NL.   The 11 game tournament runs from April 13-18, 2015 and you can follow all the results and ticket information on the following websites http://www.2015allancup.ca/ and http://www.allancup.ca/ There are two teams from Hockey NL participating, the …

Hockey NL announced today that the Conception Bay Regional Minor Hockey Association has been selected as the host for the 2015 AAA Bantam Female Atlantic Championships. The Eastern Ice Breakers will be the host team from April 2-5, 2015 at a location that will be announced at a later date. The championship will crown the top AAA Bantam Female team …

Sportsnet in Canada and NHL Network in the U.S. will televise “Rogers Hometown Hockey” on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET. In Canada, the show will be followed by the game between the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins. The location this week is St. John’s, Newfoundland, and the half-hour program will celebrate the city’s iconic hockey story. Among the features airing on …

The  Memorial Sea-Hawks have won the 2014 Subway AUS Championship after Jesse Noseworthy scored two goals in the second half to give the Sea-Hawks a 3-1 over the top-ranked UNB Varsity Reds. This is the first AUS soccer banner for Memorial (men’s or women’s) since 1973 and the first ever in the women’s team history. The Sea-Hawks had lost both …