Sudbury Curler Sara Guy Relocates Across Canada
Recent changes to curling import rules have reshaped Canada's competitive curling scene. Teams now often manage distances between players that would have been nearly impossible a decade ago.
Twenty-seven-year-old Marymount Academy graduate Sara Guy, a nursing graduate from Laurentian University, recently returned from work in Yellowknife. Her travels for work extend beyond the Northwest Territories to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
Life in the Canadian Far North
Cambridge Bay is a remote hamlet with fewer than 2,000 residents, located on Victoria Island. It's one of only two settlements on the island and hosts the Canadian High Arctic Research Station. The community serves as the largest stop for passenger and research vessels navigating the Arctic Ocean's Northwest Passage.
"That said, even within this context, a catchup chat with 27-year-old Marymount Academy graduate Sara Guy at Northern Credit Union Community Centre on Wednesday evening, just two days after the Laurentian nursing product returned from her latest work stint in Yellowknife, is more than a little drastic, even by the standards of 2025."
"Consider for a moment that her regular work-related jaunts in the Far North not only features various outposts in the Northwest Territories, but also visits to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut."
Challenges of Distance
- The ongoing challenge of long-distance travel affects curlers across Canada.
- Sara Guy's commitments include remote northern communities rarely encountered by most Canadians.
Despite the great distances, Guy actively balances her curling career and nursing work far from her hometown of Sudbury.
Author's summary: Sara Guy exemplifies how modern Canadian curlers manage demanding careers and long-distance travel, highlighting shifting realities in competitive curling and northern work life.