Team Einarson lead Briane Harris files complaint against CCES with WADA: reports

Curler Briane Harris, recently reinstated after sitting out nearly a year due to a provisional suspension, has filed a complaint against the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport with the World Anti-Doping Agency, two sources with knowledge of the situation said.

The complaint was sent to the Montreal-based agency on Feb. 7, claiming nonconformity with the WADA Code by the CCES, according to a 10-page document that has been seen by The Canadian Press.

CBC Sports has not independently confirmed the reports. 

The CCES is an independent organization responsible for administering Canada's anti-doping program. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because the complaint has not been made public.

A four-time national champion as lead with Team Kerri Einarson, Harris had her ban lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport last January after it found she bore no fault or negligence for an anti-doping rule violation in January 2024.

Harris tested positive for trace amounts of the substance Ligandrol, which is banned by WADA for its anabolic, muscle-building effects. The Winnipeg native claimed she was unknowingly exposed to it through bodily contact.

The complaint to WADA was a result of developments in the days after Harris received out-of-competition test results on the eve of the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the document said.

Her Toronto-area lawyers, Emir Crowne and Amanda Fowler, informed the CCES and World Curling on Feb. 19, 2024 of what they claimed was an alarming confidentiality breach, the document said, stemming from posts made two days earlier on the social media website Reddit.

In a curling thread on the online forum, a user claimed to know details of the Harris case and posted them citing "a friend