Heard On The Hill

Ontario MP encouraging Canucks to hurry hard and sign e-petition to make curling a national sport

And HoH explains the giant pigeons stalking the history museum.

Olympic gold-medallist curler Brad Jacobs signs an e-petition to make curling one of Canada's national sports, as MP and petition sponsor Terry Sheehan looks on last week.Photograph courtesy of Terry Sheehan's office

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BY KRISTEN SHANE

July 13, 2016

We’ve got hockey for winter and lacrosse for summer, and now there’s a movement afoot to officially recognize curling as a national sport of Canada as well. Liberal MP Terry Sheehan announced in his northern Ontario riding of Sault Ste. Marie on July 8 that he was sponsoring an...

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