Full event passes are now available for the Port Elgin '23 Ontario Tankard and Scotties presented by Bruce Power, where the top 12 men's and women's teams in the province will compete for the title.

The event is set to take place January 23 to 29 at the Plex in Port Elgin. Passes can be shared with other fans and can be purchased at curl-on.ca/tankard-tickets. Purchasers can select a local curling club that they would like to get credit for the sale.

Full event packages are $149 plus HST.

On the mens side defending champions Team Howard, Team Epping, and Team McEwan will all qualify for the January event with two additional teams qualifying from the CurlOn Trillium 1000 Series events.

On the womens side Team Homan has already qualified and it is expected that Team Duncan will also qualify. That team includes Julie Tippin of Owen Sound.