Team Ontario, who was skipped by Alison Goring won the event on home soil as they beat Nova Scotia in the final 7–5. Ontario advanced to the final after defeating two-time champion Heather Houston and Team Canada 8–3 in the semifinal. This was the third time that Ontario had won the event and the fourth time in the last five years that a rink from Ontario had won. The Goring rink would go onto represent Canada in the 1990 World Women's Curling Championship held in Västerås, Sweden where they lost in the semifinal to eventual champion Norway.
New Brunswick's 11–0 victory over Alberta in Draw 5 was the sixth shutout record in tournament history and the first time ever where there were shutouts recorded in back-to-back tournaments. Canada's 6–4 victory over Quebec was the fourth game in tournament history in which a game went into a second extra end with the others occurring in 1981, 1982 and 1989.[3]
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts Sportsmanship Award is presented to the curler who best embodies the spirit of curling at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The winner was selected in a vote by all players at the tournament.
Prior to 1998, the award was named after a notable individual in the curling community where the tournament was held that year. For this edition, the award was named after Lee Tobin. Tobin, known as "Little Mouse" skipped in four women's national championships for Quebec and won the 1975 Macdonald Lassies championship, which to date is Quebec's only women's championship. Tobin was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1979.[7]
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