Emergency alert notifications ring out in arena before Homan throw in curling final

By: Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press Posted: 12:24 PM CST Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025

HALIFAX - Rachel Homan played through an unexpected distraction in the women's final at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials on Saturday afternoon.

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HALIFAX - Rachel Homan played through an unexpected distraction in the women's final at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials on Saturday afternoon.

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HALIFAX – Rachel Homan played through an unexpected distraction in the women’s final at the Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials on Saturday afternoon.

Emergency alert notifications rang on spectators’ mobile devices throughout Scotiabank Centre just before Homan was about to throw a stone in the second end of Game 2 against Christina Black.

A man who was the subject of an alert in Enfield, N.S., about a half-hour drive north of Halifax, was safely taken into custody, the notification said.

Skip Rachel Homan delivers a rock during the women's final at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials in Halifax on Nov. 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Earlier in the day, police had advised residents in the town to stay inside and to close and lock doors and windows as officers responded to a “dangerous man with a firearm.”

A round of applause was heard in the downtown Halifax arena as spectators read the alert that said there was no longer a threat to the public and that the shelter in place was cancelled.

After the buzzing sound coursed throughout the venue, Homan regrouped in the hack and made her shot, but her Ottawa team gave up a deuce to Black’s Halifax side in the end.

The winner of the best-of-three women’s final will represent Canada at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Homan edged Black 5-4 in the opening game on Friday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 29, 2025.