Colleen Jones after being formally inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame during a 2016 event in Toronto.

Canadian curling legend and veteran CBC reporter Colleen Jones has died following a battle with cancer, at the age of 65.

Jones’s son, Luke Saunders, announced his mother’s passing on her X feed .

“Mom had been fighting and trying to beat back cancer over the last 3 years or so,” Saunders wrote. “Late this morning, while looking out on the ocean from her favourite spot in Maders Cove, with my Dad, brother and myself beside her, mom passed away.

“Please think of your favourite Colleen Jones moment, cherish it. Hurry and love hard.”

Curling Canada shared the news in a statement on Tuesday. It sent ripples through the nation’s curling community, which is gathered in Halifax for

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