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Chelsea Carey to form new rink under Saskatchewan colours
Chelsea Carey is back. Curling’s most sought-after free agent is returning to the pebbled ice next season and this time she’ll be wearing Saskatchewan colours.
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The School District of Lancaster will soon decide on what to rename the former Edward Hand Middle School, which was named after a slave owner.There are three finalists for the new name, including Hazel Jackson, who was the first Black woman to teach in Lancaster.Born in South Carolina, Jackson taught in the segregated south before moving north, where she hoped to find greater opportunities. After nine years of rejection, she took a bold step. She just sat in the superintendent’s office every Friday. After waiting several years, and finally said, ‘I m just going to sit here.’ And she sat there until they finally gave her a break when there was an opening, said Jackson’s granddaughter, Amber Holland.After teaching in the School district of Lancaster Jackson went on to become the first Black professor at Millersville University, where she taught English literature until her retirement in 1994.
The Scotties
The Super Bowl of the Canadian curling world.
Despite all of the uncertainty in the sporting world due to the new found challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has created, the Scotties Tournament of Hearts has continued for another year. On February 19, 2021, 18 teams took the sheets in Calgary Alberta to duke it out for that winning title.
For those of you who are familiar with the Scotties, you may know that having 18 teams compete is not the common protocol. In regular years, there are 16 teams that are scheduled to take part and two teams fight it out for that 17th wild card spot. However, due to the risk of travelling and other COVID-19 protocols currently in place, they made the decision to allow for all 18 teams to be scheduled to ensure everyone has a chance to take part in more than one match. This is the first time over the tournament’s 60 year history that the playing field has expanded to allow for this extra team to be scheduled.
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Sherry Anderson admits she had some bubble trouble at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
The skip of Saskatchewan’s entry at the Canadian women’s curling championship told the Greg Morgan Morning Show on Monday that life in the Calgary bubble was challenging, especially at the start of the nine-day tournament.
“I don’t know about affecting the play, but it affected people mentally for sure,” Anderson said. “When you’re sitting in your hotel room for a long day and your big outing is to go get a COVID test and have the stick shoved up your nose, that’s pretty bad. You know it’s sad when that’s your excitement for the day.