Briarcliff Manor derives from "Brier Cliff", a compound of the English words "brier" and "cliff". Some stems of Common green brier do not have thorns. Kamloops hosted the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier (The Canadian Men's Curling Championships). In 2020, Kingston will host the Tim Hortons Brier, the national men's curling championship. The team once again represented Northern Ontario at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier. Gushue won the Ford Hot Shots skills competition at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier. Catclaw Brier, a prairie mimosa, native to North America, shuts its leaves on contact. Fyfe is the daughter of former Brier champion Vic Peters. Marie was the host of the 1990 Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship. The territories first participated in the 1975 Macdonald Brier. Kirk Brier founded the settlement on Willits's land. Yellow Grass had a team that represented Western Canada in the very first Brier. Earlier experimentation in 1994 by researchers Bob Brier and Ronald Wade supported these findings. "Smilax" contains some 300 species including "S. rotundifolia", the common green brier. It was proposed by Glenn W. Brier in 1950.