Birchard served as a substitute on the Manitoba rink and played like a veteran as Jones won her sixth career national title. Jones in controlJones, who won world gold in 2008, was in control from the start in front of a near-sellout crowd of 3,182. This is the sixth career world women's curling championship appearance for Jones, who won bronze in 2010 and silver in 2015. She also won Olympic gold at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia. Ottawa's Rachel Homan won world gold last year in Beijing.

Source: CBC News March 17, 2018 20:16 UTC