Kerri Einarson's curling team took the silver medal at the world women's championship with a 7-5 loss to Switzerland in Sunday's final.
Einarson's foursome out of Manitoba's Gimli Curling Club was trying for its first world title.
But Xenia Schwaller's young team from Zurich prevailed for gold in the championship game in Calgary's WinSport Event Centre.
Canada trailed 6-5 heading into the 10th end, and couldn't generate a steal to win or force an extra end.
Einarson ranked fifth and Schwaller sixth in World Curling women's rankings.
Schwaller's foursome, with an average age of 22.5, beat four-time world champion Silvana Tirinzoni twice in a best-of-three final to represent Switzerland in Calgary.
After dropping their first game in Calgary to Japan, the 2024 world junior champions rattled off 11 straight wins to top the 13-country standings.
Canada ranked second at 10-2 with a pair of extra end losses, including one to Schwaller.
Schwaller's runback double hit with her first throw of the 10th made Einarson's chance for a steal slim.
And when the Canadian skip was light with her final draw attempt, Schwaller, Selina Gafner, Fabienne Rieder and Selina Rychiger celebrated without their skip having to throw her last stone.
The Swiss had hammer to start Sunday's final as the higher seed. After blanking the first, they scored two.
After blanking the third, Canada countered with a deuce. Momentum swung from Canada to Switzerland in the fifth end.
Schwaller missed a finesse tap and left Canada shot stone. Einarson let the Swiss off the hook when the skip was light on a draw to the other side of the rings. Schwaller had an open hit for two and a 4-2 lead.
But after Canada was forced to take one in the sixth, the hosts stole a point in the seventh to tie the game 4-4.
Einarson drew to split the house and lie two. Schwaller's stone rolled wide on her attempted hit for one.
But the Swiss got two back in the eighth. Einarson's hit rolled the wrong way to leave Schwaller a draw for the deuce and a 6-4 lead.
The Canadian skip faced a tough double raise to score two in the ninth. Canada scored one to trail by a point heading into the 10th.
In pool play, Einarson, vice Valerie Sweeting and second Shannon Birchard ranked second to their Swiss counterparts in shooting accuracy.
Karlee Burgess, who joined the team in early 2025, topped all leads at 93.6 per cent accuracy and was named to the all-star team.
Canada and Switzerland met in the final a third straight year after Canada's Rachel Homan beat Tirinzoni for gold in both 2025 and 2024.
Sweden's Isabella Wranaa defeated Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa 8-5 for the bronze medal.
The men's world championship opens Friday in Ogden, Utah.
Matt Dunstone will wear the Maple Leaf for the first time after winning his first Brier earlier this month in St. John's, N.L.
Canada opens Friday afternoon against South Korea.
Einarson claimed her fifth Canadian title in Mississauga, Ont., on Feb. 1.
Her team can return to the 2027 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Charlottetown as Team Canada.
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