1.017³Ô¹ÏÍøBernie Puchalski/author/bpuchalskicogeco-ca/Brier hopes dashed by Kingston | 17³Ô¹ÏÍørich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Yf48xkvgJN"><a href="/brier-hopes-dashed-by-kingston/">Brier hopes dashed by Kingston</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/brier-hopes-dashed-by-kingston/embed/#?secret=Yf48xkvgJN" width="600" height="338" title="“Brier hopes dashed by Kingston” — 17³Ô¹ÏÍø" data-secret="Yf48xkvgJN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_5156-1.jpg11821024Doug Geddie, chair of the 2020 Brier Bid committee for St. Catharines, speaks at the press conference announcing the bid. Kingston will be awarded the Brier on Thursday. St. Catharines’ hopes of landing the 2020 Brier have been swept away. On Thursday, Curling Canada will announce that Kingston has been selected to host the men’s national curling championship, beating out...