Thunder Bay to host Canadian women’s curling championship in 2025

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 12:08 PM CDT Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023

THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Thunder Bay will host the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts after the northwestern Ontario city had two previous attempts at hosting the Canadian women's curling championship impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Thunder Bay will host the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts after the northwestern Ontario city had two previous attempts at hosting the Canadian women’s curling championship impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The championship will run Feb. 14-23, 2025, at Fort William Gardens.

Thunder Bay was initially awarded the 2021 tournament, but pandemic restrictions saw the event shifted to Calgary’s curling bubble in exchange for the right for Thunder Bay to host in 2022.

Team Canada skip Kerri Einarson, third Val Sweeting, second Shannon Birchard, lead Briane Meilleur, alternate Krysten Karwacki and coach Reid Carruthers, left to right, parade down the sheet after winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts at Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ont., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. Thunder Bay will host the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts after the northwestern Ontario city had two previous attempts at hosting the Canadian women's curling championship impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The championship will run Feb. 14-23, 2025, at Fort William Gardens. Thunder Bay was initially awarded the 2021 tournament, but pandemic restrictions saw the event shifted to the Calgary's curling bubble in exchange for the right to host in 2022. A surge in COVID cases in the winter of 2022 due to the Omicron variant, however, meant the championship was contested in an mostly empty building. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

A surge in COVID cases in the winter of 2022 due to the Omicron variant, however, meant the championship was contested in a mostly empty building.

A few hundred volunteers, junior curlers and family members were admitted during closing weekend to watch Team Canada, skipped by Kerri Einarson, win its third consecutive title by defeating Thunder Bay’s Krista McCarville in the gold-medal game.

The 2024 Canadian women’s championship will be held in Calgary, where Einarson will go for a fifth straight title.