Northern Ontario's Trevor Bonot moves into Pool A lead at Brier with 4-1 record

Trevor Bonot's Northern Ontario rink continued its impressive run at the Canadian men's curling championship with a 10-6 win over Ontario's Scott Howard in Tuesday's early draw.

Howard scored two in the eighth end to cut Bonot's lead to 7-6, but the skip out of Thunder Bay responded with three in the ninth and prompted Howard to concede.

Bonot, coming off an upset of top-ranked Brendan Bottcher on Monday, improved to 4-1 and took control of first place in Pool A after Manitoba's Reid Carruthers was dealt his first loss at the Montana's Brier.

British Columbia's Catlin Schneider (3-2) scored one in the 10th in a 9-8 win over Carruthers (3-1).

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