A young curler from Manitoba's Interlake region wasn't slated to be preparing to step into the spotlight at one of Canadian curling's marquee events, but he's ready to make the most of it.
As some qualifying events in curling get cancelled, organizers in this region and across the country are starting to have to choose teams based on a ranking system to determine who gets to compete.
It's not a complete surprise that curling and other sports have been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it doesn't make it any easier on teams that had their hopes of representing Northern Ontario at a national curling level dashed.