GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Alberta's Chelsea Carey not only clinched a playoff berth at the Canadian women's curling championship Thursday, she also earned a spot in the playoff game between the top two seeds.

The host province downed Nova Scotia's Jill Brothers 8-2 to get to a record of 8-2. With one game remaining in the preliminary round, Carey's team from Calgary was guaranteed a top-two finish.

The top four teams advance to the Page playoff with ties for fourth place solved by tiebreaker games.

The teams finishing first and second in the round robin meet in Friday's playoff game with the winner advancing directly to Sunday's final and the loser dropping to Saturday's semifinal.

The winner of the game between the third and fourth seeds gets into the semifinal.

Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville was still in the playoff hunt at 6-3 following a 10-3 victory over B.C.'s Karla Thompson. Defending champion Jennifer Jones was 6-2 and Manitoba's Kerri Einarson 5-3 with three games remaining in the round robin.

Saskatchewan's Jolene Campbell was still in tiebreaker contention at 6-4. Campbell defeated Stacie Curtis of Newfoundland and Labrador 8-4.

Prince Edward Island's Suzanne Birt and Ontario's Jenn Hanna were both 4-4.

Quebec's Marie-France Larouche dropped a 6-5 decision to New Brunswick's Sylvie Robichaud to drop to 4-5. Nova Scotia fell to 5-5 with the loss to Alberta.

Newfoundland was 3-7 and New Brunswick was 2-7. B.C. fell to 1-8.