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Canada’s top curling teams scramble for competition amid pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic decimating the calendar.The Grand Slam of Curling was whittled from six events this winter to just two scheduled for next April and November’s Canada Cup of Curling was cancelled, creating a competitive void for the country’s elite curlers. ‘New normal’ of curling coming to Saskatchewan in September A slew of September and October bonspiels across Canada have been called off, but some remain on the calendar.Curling Canada’s return-to-play guidelines provide a template for events to go ahead with several modifications on and off the ice to prevent the spread of the virus.“We want to play as much as we can under whatever guidelines are set and get some competition in,” said skip Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste.