HALIFAX - Tournament favourites Rachel Homan and Kerri Einarson opened with lopsided wins Saturday in the first draw of the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials.

Ottawa’s Homan, the two-time reigning Canadian and world women’s champion, had a draw for three three in the third end and stole four more in the fourth en route to a 16-5 win over Kate Cameron of St. Adolphe, Man.

Einarson, from Gimli, Man., opened with steals of two in the first end and four in the second in a 12-5 win over local favourite Christina Black.

In the other Saturday afternoon games, Kaitlyn Lawes of Winnipeg stole a deuce in the third end and one in the ninth in a 7-4 triumph over Corryn Brown of Kamloops, B.C. and Selena Sturmay of Edmonton stole two in the third and seventh ends in an 8-2 triumph over Kayla Sk

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