World champion curler, veteran broadcaster Colleen Jones dies at 65
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Colleen Jones, a world champion curler, has died. She was 65.
Colleen Jones, a world champion curler whose effervescent personality made her a popular presence on the CBC over nearly four decades with the national broadcaster, has died. She was 65.
Jones was diagnosed with cancer in early 2023. Her son Luke Saunders announced she died Tuesday morning in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
“Mom had been fighting and trying to beat back cancer over the last three years or so,” Saunders said. “Late this morning, while looking out on the ocean from her favourite spot in Maders Cove, with my Dad, brother and myself beside her, Mom passed away.
“Please think of your favourite Colleen Jones moment, cherish it. Hurry and love hard.”
A Halifax native, Jones was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2022. She filed her final report for the CBC a year later before retiring.
“A titan in every sense of the word — from sport to life,” said CBC Sports executive director Chris Wilson.
Jones won her first Canadian women’s curling championship in 1982. Just 22 at the time, she became the youngest skip to win the competition.
Her competitive curling career slowed in the years that followed as she focused on work and family. She joined the CBC Nova Scotia newsroom in 1986 and became Halifax’s first female sports anchor.
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