A look inside the Northern Lights Palace on Curling Day in Canada (Ben Tompkins/northeastNOW)

By Ben Tompkins

National Celebration

PHOTOS: Melfort celebrates Curling Day in Canada

Feb 26, 2024 | 6:10 AM

The 2024 rendition of Curling Day in Canada was held in Melfort, as local citizens had plenty of opportunities to celebrate with a variety of events throughout the day.

This included:

Learn-to-curl sessions for both youth and adults, which included teachings from two-time Brier champion Pat Simmons.

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Inflatable curling.

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A send-off for the local Special Olympics curling team who will be heading to Nationals in Calgary this week.

Crokicurl.

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Free hot chocolate.

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Sleigh rides.

A community showdown.

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A live TSN broadcast and the Brier Tankard trophy.

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And, a festival funspiel.

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The night then finished off late with a festival cabaret, while the curling club received two plaques, which will now hang in the rink forever.

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