‘The Maple Leaf is heavy’

Canada’s top curlers face-off in high-stakes national trials, aiming for a chance to end a 12-year Olympic gold drought Rachel Brady Halifax The Globe and Mail Published 1 minute ago

Rachel Homan delivers a stone during the Canadian Olympic curling trials against Team Einarson in Halifax earlier this week. Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press

When it comes to curling, Canada is unique.

No other country has the wide depth of talent – combined with the interest from an audience – to hold the kind of made-for-television national Olympic curling trials like Canada is currently staging in Halifax.

Eight elite men’s and women’s teams from across the nation qualified to compete before thousands at Scotiabank Centre this week, and the winners will ultimately

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