Curling in Canada in the '60s

Canada's top men's curling teams will take overthe ice at TD Place this weekend as the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier sweeps its way into the capital, so we dug through the CBC archives to find some vintage curling video.

• Ottawa to host Tim Hortons Brier in 2016

The upcoming tournament consists of teamsrepresenting each province and territory, while the previous year's winner plays as Team Canada.

Beginning on March 3 with the qualifying rounds, the tournament runs in Ottawa until March 13, whenthe gold and bronze medal matches are scheduled to take place.

The video above from the CBC archives shows curling taking place during the 1960s. There was little information about thevideo in our filesand we thought it took placein Ottawa.

But to make sure, we asked anyone with information totweetor email us.

Mystery solved

As it happens, the publisher of The Curling News a monthly newspaper based in the Greater TorontoArea heard our call.

George Karrysinitially told us he believed the video was from the1966 Scotch Cup (pre-cursor to the men's world championship) played at the PNE Forum in Vancouver, as it showsCanadian teamskip by Ron "The Owl"Northcott.

He saidNorthcottalso skipped the 1968 Air Canada Silver Broom (men's world championship) inPointe-Claire, Que., but didn't believe a Swedish team competed in that tournament.

He later said that there was, indeed, a Swedish team at the 1968 tournament, and that still images from the event match the video.

"We can thank Scotland's "Curling History" wizard, Bob Cowan, for this revised confirmation," he said in a email.

He wasn't the only one who stepped in to help