Jonny Wakefield
@jonnywakefield.bsky.social
Edmonton Journal/Sun reporter on the justice beat **TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL CURLING CORRESPONDENT** American who moved to Canada, stray cat re-homer and (hopefully not totally insufferable) distance runner.
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Professional news/programming notes: last summer, Postmedia asked if I'd like to cover the Olympics. I said "absolutely haha but also this is fake right?"
Turns out it is not and on Monday I'll be flying to Venice (??????), then making my way to the mountains to cover curling for an entire month.
Turns out it is not and on Monday I'll be flying to Venice (??????), then making my way to the mountains to cover curling for an entire month.
Things continue to go poorly for Canada's Team Rachel Homan, who just missed a double in the third to give up a steal to China. Down 2-0.
February 16, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Things continue to go poorly for Canada's Team Rachel Homan, who just missed a double in the third to give up a steal to China. Down 2-0.
Widest newspaper I’ve ever seen!
February 16, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Widest newspaper I’ve ever seen!
A pretty much uncontroversial curling game happened nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
No controversy here: Canadian men's curlers back in the Olympic win column
There were no extra umpires monitoring the hog lines. No stones removed from play. No trading of accusations in post-game scrums. No spicy words from the ice.
nationalpost.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM
A pretty much uncontroversial curling game happened nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Maybe the most emphatic "Sweden are in the wrong" take I've seen, from Canadian skip Michael Fournier thecurlingnews.com/news/blog/sw...
February 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Maybe the most emphatic "Sweden are in the wrong" take I've seen, from Canadian skip Michael Fournier thecurlingnews.com/news/blog/sw...
New (to me) curling term: hog to hog time
February 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
New (to me) curling term: hog to hog time
Canada Curling say they're not going to pursue the Swedish hog line video issue they raised in the media yesterday (which they still describe as "potential illegal filming.")
nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Curling Canada lowers temperature in conflict with Sweden at 2026 Olympics
Canadian curling officials say they will not be 'pursuing sanctions for potential illegal filming' against Sweden at the Milan-Cortina Games
nationalpost.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Canada Curling say they're not going to pursue the Swedish hog line video issue they raised in the media yesterday (which they still describe as "potential illegal filming.")
nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Double touching drama leaves Olympic curling champions Sweden drained. 1-4, tied for eighth www.reuters.com/sports/curli...
Double touching drama leaves Olympic curling champions Sweden drained
A high-profile controversy over cheating accusations in curling has impacted the sleep and energy levels of Sweden's struggling Olympic champions, skip Niklas Edin said after the latest defeat on Sund...
www.reuters.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Double touching drama leaves Olympic curling champions Sweden drained. 1-4, tied for eighth www.reuters.com/sports/curli...
The double touch controversy won’t end nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Team Homan lose three in a row in Olympic curling, add to Canada's double touch controversy
Team Rachel Homan dropped third game in a row in Olympic play Saturday evening.
nationalpost.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:21 AM
The double touch controversy won’t end nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Photo aside that is an insane fact
What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
February 14, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Photo aside that is an insane fact
Team Homan loses third in a row. 1-3.
February 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Team Homan loses third in a row. 1-3.
Disastrous end as Team Rachel Homan give up four to Switzerland. They were up 5-2, now it's 6-5 Swiss. Aye yi yi.
February 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Disastrous end as Team Rachel Homan give up four to Switzerland. They were up 5-2, now it's 6-5 Swiss. Aye yi yi.
I didn't want to sound vainglorious but...
The fact that they send the justice/crime reporter to cover curling and then this happens is just *chef’s kiss*
February 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I didn't want to sound vainglorious but...
BREAKING: Canada are accusing Sweden of improperly filming the hog line during last night's game in order to "run to the officials" with cheating claims. There's video going around that appears to have been shot from the stands. Swedish team denies any involvement. nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Canadian curlers accuse Sweden of improper filming in Olympic venue after cheating allegations
Canada fires back after video emerges of alleged hog line violation
nationalpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:55 PM
BREAKING: Canada are accusing Sweden of improperly filming the hog line during last night's game in order to "run to the officials" with cheating claims. There's video going around that appears to have been shot from the stands. Swedish team denies any involvement. nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Marc Kennedy and other Canadians speaking post game, saying this was a set up — that officials or someone with the Swedish team was filming from the stands in the hog line to make this an issue. This video sent to me clearly shot from stands. You’re not supposed to film in Olympic venues.
Video from a (presumably Swedish) reader
February 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Marc Kennedy and other Canadians speaking post game, saying this was a set up — that officials or someone with the Swedish team was filming from the stands in the hog line to make this an issue. This video sent to me clearly shot from stands. You’re not supposed to film in Olympic venues.
Curling neophyte observation: there is nothing about curling that is inherently weirder than golf
February 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Curling neophyte observation: there is nothing about curling that is inherently weirder than golf
Back at the stadium for Canada/Switzerland. Swiss looking dangerous early, in a position to score three, but Brad Jacobs double takeout gives Canada more breathing room. He continues to be lights out.
February 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Back at the stadium for Canada/Switzerland. Swiss looking dangerous early, in a position to score three, but Brad Jacobs double takeout gives Canada more breathing room. He continues to be lights out.
The fallout: Allegations of cheating and profanity: How Canada and Sweden made Olympic curling spicy nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Allegations of cheating and profanity: How Canada and Sweden made Olympic curling spicy
Team Brad Jacobs had a heated on-ice encounter with Sweden on Friday night, and the issue is still bubbling around the Milan-Cortina Games.
nationalpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The fallout: Allegations of cheating and profanity: How Canada and Sweden made Olympic curling spicy nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Morning all, updating this throughout the day
We have an international curling scandal! nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Canada-Sweden Olympic curling match erupts after cheating allegation as profanities fly
Canada’s Team Brad Jacobs pulled off a two-win day in Olympic action including a commanding win over the defending champions. Read more.
nationalpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Morning all, updating this throughout the day
Team Rachel Homan is once again in trouble, down 7-3 in the ninth to Great Britain. GB has the hammer in the 10th.
February 14, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Team Rachel Homan is once again in trouble, down 7-3 in the ninth to Great Britain. GB has the hammer in the 10th.
Video from a (presumably Swedish) reader
February 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Video from a (presumably Swedish) reader
I am now getting random emails from Swedes with Zapruder film style screen grabs
February 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I am now getting random emails from Swedes with Zapruder film style screen grabs
We have an international curling scandal! nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Canada-Sweden Olympic curling match erupts after cheating allegation as profanities fly
Canada’s Team Brad Jacobs pulled off a two-win day in Olympic action including a commanding win over the defending champions. Read more.
nationalpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
We have an international curling scandal! nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Huge eighth for Team Brad Jacobs. Down 4-3, they hang four on Niklas Edin's Swedes to make it 7-4.
February 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Huge eighth for Team Brad Jacobs. Down 4-3, they hang four on Niklas Edin's Swedes to make it 7-4.
First Olympics (besides Vancouver as a student journalist) but this tracks for me. I think in the future "it's going to be in a single city near a mountain!" would be a major selling point. www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olymp...
Italy’s all-over-the-map Olympics went too far
Winter Games feel less like a single event and more like isolated World Cups
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
First Olympics (besides Vancouver as a student journalist) but this tracks for me. I think in the future "it's going to be in a single city near a mountain!" would be a major selling point. www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olymp...
USA beats Canada for first time in Olympic women's curling as Team Rachel Homan falls in Cortina nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
USA beats Canada for first time in Olympic women's curling as Team Rachel Homan falls in Cortina
Something seemed off-balance with the Team Rachel Homan, which arrived at the Milan-Cortina Games with gold medal hopes
nationalpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
USA beats Canada for first time in Olympic women's curling as Team Rachel Homan falls in Cortina nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...