A first-year UBC student is being lauded as a hero after saving the life of a young woman who was held down and choked inside a student residence building on Tuesday.

It’s one of the prevailing themes of the 2015 Tim Horton’s Brier: A youth movement at curling’s highest level.

While there are many diehard curling fans who travel to Canada's national men's curling championship every year, we can't assume everyone in Calgary has attended a prior Brier. Here's what you need to know.