Curling legend and veteran CBC reporter Colleen Jones has died following a battle with cancer. She was 65.

Jones won world women’s championships in 2001 and 2004 and was a six-time Canadian women’s champion. Jones made 21 appearances at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts national championships and played more Scotties games than any curler in Canadian history.

She also skipped Canada to the world senior women’s championship in 2017.

She was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.

She was also a fixture on CBC News for nearly 40 years as a reporter and host, bringing stories of everyday Canadians with extraordinary stories to viewers.

She retired from broadcasting in 2023 after a career that broke barriers — when she joined CBC in 1986, Jones was the first female sports an

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