Team Nova Scotia, who was skipped by Colleen Jones won the event after beating defending champion Cathy Borst and Team Canada 6–4 in the final. This was Nova Scotia's first championship since 1983 and third overall and the second championship skipped by Jones, who previously won in 1982.
The seventeen years between championships for Jones not only broke the women's record for longest period between title wins, which was held by Marilyn Bodogh who went ten years between titles (1986 and 1996), but also broke the Canadian record regardless of gender between title wins which was previously held by Ab Gowanlock, who went fifteen years between Brier wins (1938 and 1953).
Jones' rink would go onto represent Canada at the 1999 Ford World Women's Curling Championship held on home soil in Saint John, New Brunswick where they missed the playoffs after finishing round robin play with a 4–5 record. This was the first time since 1982 (also skipped by Jones) in which Canada missed the playoffs at the world championship.
The Marj Mitchell 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. The award is named after Marj Mitchell who skipped her team to a Canadian championship in 1980 before passing away from cancer in 1983.
The Ford Hot Shots was a skills competition preceding the round robin of the tournament. Each competitor had to perform a series of shots with each shot scoring between 0 and 5 points depending on where the stone came to rest. The winner of this edition of the event would win a two-year lease on a Mercury Mystique LS.
The Shot of the Week Award was voted on by TSN commentators and presented to the curler who had been determined with the most outstanding shot during the championship.
^ abcFor Draws 12, 15, and 16, Team British Columbia alternate Shalegh Beddington threw third stones, third Michelle Harding threw skip stones, while skip Pat Sanders sat out those draws with flu-like symptoms.[5][6]
^ abTeam British Columbia alternate Shalegh Beddington threw lead stones in Draw 10.
^ abcdFor Draw 7, Team New Brunswick alternate Mary Harding threw lead stones, lead Jane Arseneau threw third stones, skip Kathy Floyd (who usually threw third stones) threw skip stones, while fourth Marie-Anne Power was away attending her mother-in-law's funeral.[7]
^ abTeam New Brunswick alternate Mary Harding threw lead stones in Draw 17.
^CBC was originally supposed to broadcast the final at 2:30 pm AST, but a labour dispute at CBC forced the final to be moved to 11:30 am AST so that it could be broadcast on TSN.[9]
^British Columbia conceded the game after the fourth end and therefore Gobertson's perfect game does not count as an official perfect game in the record books since she did not throw at least ten shots.
^"Archived copy"(PDF). cdn.curling.ca. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^Chamberlain, Wayne (February 24, 1999). "The bubble has Borst; no more doughnuts". The Grand Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune. Newspapers.com. p. 12. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^"Scott Tournament of Hearts". The Ottawa Citizen. Newspapers.com. February 18, 1999. p. B4. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^"Strike bumps Scott final". The Winnipeg Sun. Newspapers.com. Canadian Press. February 24, 1999. p. 55. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
