Colleen Jones in hospital with meningitis (CBC)

Two-time world champion curler and CBC Television personality Colleen Jones is recovering in a Halifax hospital from a bout of bacterial meningitis.

Jones, 50, fell ill on Saturday and raced to the hospital, where doctors promptly diagnosed her condition.

“One second I was just perfectly normal … and then the next thing [I had] a blinding headache and neck pain,” Jones told CBC News Network. “Luckily, the emergency room doctors recognized it and got me on the right drugs.

Hall of Famer Colleen Jones of Halifax, one of Canada's most decorated curlers with two world and 15 provincial titles, says the curling season is likely over for her after her experience with bacterial meningitis.

Hall of Famer Colleen Jones of Halifax, one of Canada’s most decorated curlers with two world and 15 provincial titles, says the curling season is likely over for her after her experience with bacterial meningitis. (Jack Mikrut/Getty Images)

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