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2024 Boston Pizza Cup
The 2024 Boston Pizza Cup, the provincial men's curling championship for Alberta, was held from February 7 to 11 at the Bill Thomson Arena in Hinton, Alberta. The winning Aaron Sluchinski rink represented Alberta at the 2024 Montana's Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan where they finished tied for fifth in Pool B with a 4–4 record. Additionally, the runner-up Kevin Koe rink qualified for the Brier as the highest ranked team in the CTRS standings that didn't win provincials. They finished eighth in Pool B with a 2–6 record. Qualification process Teams The teams are listed as follows: Knockout brackets Source: A event B event C event Knockout results All draw times are listed in Mountain Time The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time ( UTC−07:00) is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time ( UTC−06:00). The clo ... ( UTC-07:00). Draw 1 ''W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinton, Alberta
Hinton is a town in the foothills of Alberta, Canada, with a population of 9,817. It is in Yellowhead County, northeast of Jasper and about west of Alberta's capital city, Edmonton, at the intersection of the Yellowhead and Bighorn Highways. Situated on the south bank of the Athabasca River, Hinton is on Treaty 6 territory. The Town of Hinton is named after William P. Hinton, Vice President and General Manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. History Early habitation The area around present day Hinton deglaciated 12,800–11,600 BCE. Archeological sites up the Athabasca River from Hinton show repeated habitation from 8,000 BCE until approximately 1500 AD. Other sites around Hinton demonstrate that the foothills were also an important travel and trade corridor for Indigenous peoples for thousands of years prior to European contact, dating to at least 7,000 BCE. Before Europeans arrived in North America, the upper Athabasca region was relatively sparsely inhabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
