Coburn Fadden (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Anthony Corea)

By Marty Hastings

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Team Tanaka looks ahead to Brier, Gushue curling cauldron in St. John’s

Feb 12, 2026 | 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS — Team Tanaka, the B.C. champion curling rink that includes three players from Kamloops, is in the thick of its preparation for the Montana’s Brier, which gets underway on Feb. 27 in St. John’s, Nfld.

Lead Coburn Fadden, second Mitchell Kopytko and third Jared Kolomaya of Kamloops, along with skip Cody Tanaka of Richmond, are holding a training camp this week at the Kamloops Curling Club.

CFJC Today spoke to the team on Wednesday at the club.

CFJC will have more on the Tanaka rink prior to the Brier, along with a story on Kamloops skip Matt Dunstone, whose Manitoba rink is ranked No. 1 in Canada.

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Dunstone, a two-time Brier bronze medallist and two-time Brier silver medallist, will be chasing gold in St. John’s in his eighth national championship appearance.