HALIFAX — Matt Dunstone’s Winnipeg-based side posted a 9-5 win over Mike McEwen’s Saskatoon team in the men’s semifinal at the Canadian Olympic curling trials on Thursday.

Dunstone will play the Calgary-based rink skipped by Brad Jacobs in the best-of-three men’s final.

McEwen made a tap for two in the third end but Dunstone answered in the fourth with an in-off for a pair.

Dunstone made a double takeout for three points in the sixth end and tacked on a deuce in the ninth for an 8-5 lead. McEwen, who lost to Kevin Koe in the 2017 trials final, gave up a steal in the 10th to end it.

The trials winner will represent Canada at the 2026 Olympics.

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