The curling vibe in Nova Scotia has intensified, and Christina Black is feeling it.

The Olympic pre-trials event this week in Wolfville, N.S., is a warmup to the trials in less than a month in Halifax.

Canada’s men’s and women’s teams for the February’s Winter Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, will emerge from the trials field of eight men’s teams and eight women’s teams.

Black, third Jill Brothers, and a front-end rotation of Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist and Marlee Powers out of the Halifax Curling Club will be the only Nova Scotian entry in trials Nov. 22-30 at Scotiabank Centre.

Owen Purcell’s team, also out of the HCC, didn’t make the men’s playoffs at pre-trials in Wolfville.

Black finds herself talking about curling outside her club these days.

“Maybe not walking down the stree

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