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Almost 13 years ago, the Sandra Schmirler Foundation was created by a group of the late curlers friends with the support of the Canadian Curling Association and Scott Paper. The idea came about just over three years after Schmirler was standing on the podium in Nagano 1998, signing our national anthem after capturing the Olympic gold medal in womens curling. Unfortunately, it was also just 14 months after she passed away from a rare form of cancer at the young age of 36. Much like the success Schmirler enjoyed on the ice, the foundation started in her name has been a winner at providing hospitals with funding for the care of premature and critically ill newborn babies across Canada. Despite all the big curling shots she made over the years, including the famous in-off at the 1997 Olympic Trials, Schmirler said giving birth to her only daughter at the time was her best delivery. It was clear that Schmirler never lost sight of what was important in life, which makes her name a perfect fit for the foundation, which bears the slogan Champions start small. Currently, over 30 hospitals benefit as a result of funding from the foundation and last year, almost $300,000 was made available to those hospitals through grants. And over the 13 years the foundation has been in existence, almost $2.5 million has been allocated to 34 different hospitals Also, six junior curlers received $5,000 each in the first annual Spirit of Sandra Scholarships last year, including Kristin Streifel, who skipped Schmirlers home province of Saskatchewan in this years Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Nova Scotia. Sunday is Sandra Schmirler Day at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal and TSNs Vic Rauter will be hosting the annual telethon for the foundation. 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And this week they play an Ottawa team that has only scored 231 points over 15 games. That averages out to 15 points a game approximately. Also they could have their best defender, Kyrie Hebert, back this week. Henry Burris has only thrown nine touchdown passes this year so I cant expect a touchdown pass explosion come Friday night. But what I do expect is Montreal to keep grinding away and win again making it eight wins and eight losses with two games to go. Montreal over Ottawa. Saskatchewan Roughriders at Calgary Stampeders The Riders are 9-7 with not three but only two games to go as they have a bye week in Week 19. They have to win this one as BC is 8-7 but has three games left so BC and Saskatchewan could easily be tied for third in the West if both teams win out. I would start Kerry Joseph as he may not be the same athlete as in the past but he does have a calming demeanour based on experience. Where Jon Cornish leads the league with 977 yards, Anthony Allen is second with 849 yards. Still I expect Cornish to continue to have more rushing success in the head-to-head battle than Allen. Bo Levi Mitchell back at quarterbback also makes a difference, a deep ball difference.dddddddddddd Calgary over Saskatchewan. Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Toronto Argonauts Its their second meeting in three weeks and it may be different this time around. Hamilton led 30-13 at one point but then were outscored 21-3 and lost. The Ticats will review that tape and not let the previous set of circumstances repeat. Also the Montreal Alouette video will be beneficial to watch. Montreal held Ricky Ray to 202 yards - no small achievement as he presently leads the CFL with 4,063 yards passing. What they did and how they did it is a teaching tool to absorb and learn from. How effective will Nick Grigsby be? I have no idea. Depends on how much he studies and absorbs and how confident he is in with what he studies and absorbs. This is a tough one as Toronto usually responds well after a loss. Still Hamilton should have extreme confidence. Toronto is desperate. Ill take desperation over confidence. Toronto. BC Lions at Winnipeg Blue Bombers Playoffs still a possible experience for Bomber football but I do not think the players believe it. Watch Solomon Elimimian at linebacker in this game. He has 121 tackles and may break JC Sherritts single-season record. The defensive player of the year award is waiting. Robert Marve did look good in relief but is it worth a look with only two games to go? (Bombers have a bye in Week 20). Well, we all know what Drew Willy can do and it has been good. Brian Brohm may not be healthy and is a work in progress. May not be a bad idea depending on how the game goes. Either way have to go with the bye week-rejuvenated BC Lions. With as many injuries as they have had on offence if they get healthy they can surprise. Can they go a fourth game in a row without a touchdown allowed? We will find out Saturday night. BC. ' ' '