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It was a dominant victory for Brad Gushue Sunday night at the Leon’s Centre, as his Newfoundland rink beat Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher 7-3 to claim the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier. The win marks Gushue’s third Brier title in just four years, after the Newfoundland skip won the event back in
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Kevin Koe’s run as Team Canada at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier came to an end Saturday morning, as his rink fell 8-3 in a tiebreaker against Brad Jacobs. Team Canada finished the championship round with a record of 7-4, which placed them in a four-way tie for the last
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Team Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher, in just his fourth appearance at the Tim Hortons Brier, knows what it takes to contend for a national men’s championship. Bottcher’s Edmonton-based rink has finished runners-up at the last two consecutive Briers. In 2018, the foursome lost to defending champion Brad Gushue, and last year
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Kevin Koe arrives at this year’s Tim Hortons Brier as the defending champion. Last year, in Brandon Manitoba, the Alberta skip won his fourth national championship, earning him a direct berth into this year’s event. In Kingston, the 45-year-old skip will swap his familiar Alberta jersey for a Team Canada
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Kingston has been talking about it and preparing for it for well over a year, and today, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, we can finally say it’s here – The 2020 Tim Hortons Brier begins today. Anyone in the downtown core is sure to notice the Brier is upon us. From
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For local student Hannah Lee, 2019 was a really exciting year, and now, just one month into the year, 2020 is shaping up to be even more exciting. Lee, a first-year Royal Military College (RMC) cadet, has been a celebrated taekwondo athlete during her entire time at the school. The
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Twenty-four-year-old Lindsay Agnew is a fullback on the Canadian Women’s soccer team currently competing at the 2019 FIFA World Cup. While she grew up in Ohio and currently plays as a defender for the Houston Dash, Agnew was born in and has ties to Kingston. Her father, Gary Agnew,
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Three athletes from Kingston will be representing Canada at the 2019 Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games from Friday, June 21, 2019 to Sunday, June 30, 2019 in Tampa Bay, Florida. Created in 2010, the Warrior Games were designed to introduce wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans
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