According to CBC News on Tuesday, Canadian curling superstar Colleen Jones of Halifax, Nova Scotia has passed away of cancer at the age of 65. Jones was a two-time gold medalist at the Women’s World Curling Championship, six-time champion at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and gold medalist at the 2017 World Senior Curling Championship. In addition to her curling career, Jones was a sports and weather broadcaster for CBC.
Jones teamed up with third Kim Kelly, Mary-Anne Arsenault, and lead Nancy Delahunt to form one of the most dynamic women’s curling teams in Canadian curling history. Their first world championship together came in 2001 in Lausanne, Switzerland as Canada beat Anette Norberg of Sweden in the final by a score of 5-2. The second world championship came in 2004 in Gavle, Sweden as Canada beat Dordi Nordby of Norway in the final by a score of 8-4.
Jones’s Scotties titles came in 1982 in Regina, in 1999 in Charlottetown, in 2001 in Sudbury, in 2002 in Brandon, in 2003 in Kitchener, and in 2004 in Red Deer. Her World Women’s Senior Championship title came in Lethbridge.
Jones was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. She also became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2023, and was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame in 2025.
