Manitoba's Jennifer Jones is alone in first place at the Canadian women's curling championship after an 8-6 win in an extra end over B.C.'s Kelly Scott Wednesday in Red Deer, Alta.

The defending Canadian women's curling champions squandered an opportunity to take sole possession of first place in the standings Tuesday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Amber Holland's team gave up a steal of one in the 10th and another steal of three in an extra end to hand Quebec's Marie-France Larouche an 8-5 win.

Scenes from the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Red Deer, Alta.

Given her struggles since capturing her first Scotties Tournament of Hearts title a year ago, Amber Holland can not be considered the favourite to defend her Canadian curling crown in Red Deer, writes Mike Harris.

B.C.'s Kelly Scott and defending champion Amber Holland continued to lead the field at the Canadian women's curling championships despite misfortune Monday.

After six years apart, one of the most successful teams in Canadian women's curling history is getting back together. Colleen Jones and Kim Kelly will join forces with skip Mary Anne Arsenault to form a powerful Nova Scotia team looking to qualify for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Alberta's Brendan Bottcher beat Northern Ontario's Brennan Wark 9-6 in the men's final of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships on Sunday.

Ontario's Glenn Howard is heading back to the Canadian men's curling championship. The 12-team field for the March 3-11 men's tournament in Saskatoon filled up as the remaining provinces and the territories determined their champions.

Rob Fowler and his team from Brandon, Man., will represent Manitoba at this year's Brier after they captured the provincial men's curling title on Sunday.

Alberta's Jocelyn Peterman scored four in the fourth and five in the fifth to claim a 12-6 victory over Manitoba's Shannon Birchard and win the M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior curling championship final on Saturday.