Kevin Martin and his Alberta champions from Edmonton are on cruise control at the Tim Hortons Brier Canadian men's curling championship in Winnipeg.

The two-time Brier champ, who's backed up by third John Morris, second Marc Kennedy and lead Ben Hebert, racked up two more wins on Sunday to stay in a three-way tie with Ontario's Glenn Howard and Manitoba's Kerry Burtnyk for first place at 3-0.

Alberta capped its perfect weekend with an 8-7 win over James Grattan of New Brunswick. Alberta scored three in the second, added a deuce in the fourth and put the win away with three in the eighth end. New Brunswick dropped to 0-2 after the loss.

"That was a tight game, but we were in control. That was good," said Martin. " We've played really well the first five ends, we haven't got ourselves in trouble, and then we've been kind of riding it home. So far so good."

In other Draw 4 play, both Ontario and Manitoba needed extra ends to keep pace with Alberta.

Ontario jumped out to an early lead with a steal of three in the second, but gave three back to Quebec's Jean-Michel Menard before finally pulling out an 8-7 win in 11 ends. The loss left Quebec with an 0-2 record.

Manitoba, meanwhile, had to work hard to get past Nova Scotia's Brian Rafuse by the same 8-7 count in 11 ends. Nova Scotia's record evened out at 1-1 with the loss.
In the other afternoon tilt, Chad Cowan of the Yukon/Northwest Territories stole one in the seventh end and two more in the eighth in an 8-6 triumph over Eric Harnden of Northern Ontario. Both teams are at 1-1.

Saskatchewan's Pat Simmons (2-0), B.C.'s Bob Ursel (0-2), Newfoundland/Labrador's Brad Gushue (0-2) and Prince Edward Island's Peter Gallant (0-3) all had byes in Draw 4.

Play at the the Tim Hortons Brier resumes Sunday with the 8 p.m. (all times Eastern) draw, which will be shown by TSN.

On Monday, draws are scheduled for 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. TSN will show the last two draws, while the morning draw will be available at curltv.com