Colleen Jones, a world champion curler whose effervescent personality made her a popular presence on the CBC over nearly four decades with the national broadcaster, has died. She was 65.

Jones was diagnosed with cancer in early 2023. Her son Luke Saunders announced she died Tuesday morning in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

“Mom had been fighting and trying to beat back cancer over the last three years or so,” Saunders said. “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.”

A Halifax native, Jones was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2022. She filed her final report for the CBC a year later b

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