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Donna Spencer Team Wild Card 1 skip Chelsea Carey warms up before her draw against Team Prince Edward Island at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh February 24, 2021 - 8:57 AM CALGARY - The story of why the Canadian women s curling championship is named the Tournament of Hearts starts over 40 years ago with sisters drinking wine. Robin Wilson and sister Dawn Knowles had just won a second Canadian championship with B.C. skip Lindsay Sparkes in 1979. That tournament was without a title sponsor after seven years as the tobacco-backed MacDonald Lassies. Wilson, the only female manager at Scott Paper, where she handled the diaper and feminine product line, successfully pitched sponsoring the women s championship to company president Bob Stewart. ....
That tournament was without a title sponsor after seven years as the tobacco-backed MacDonald Lassies. Wilson, the only female manager at Scott Paper, where she handled the diaper and feminine product line, successfully pitched sponsoring the women s championship to company president Bob Stewart. But Wilson needed to come up with a name and a brand to wow Stewart. The name Scott Tournament of Hearts. That was actually my sister and I, Wilson told The Canadian Press from Vancouver. We d just had dinner at my mom and dad s. We were sitting on the living room carpet with a bottle of red wine. I said to her help me out here. Where do we go? ....
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