[2] Pat Ryan of Alberta defeated Rick Folk of British Columbia to win his second Brier.

[3] Also of note at the 1989 Brier was Ontario skip Russ Howard's loss of his voice.

The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) was quite upset about the matter, but Howard pointed out there was nothing in the rules against their usage, and insisted on continuing to use the walkie-talkies.

So, the CCA decided midway through the event to ban the use of walkie-talkies, marking the first time that the rules had been changed in the middle of a tournament.

[4] The teams were listed as follows:[5] Skip: Pat Ryan Third: Randy Ferbey Second: Don Walchuk Lead: Don McKenzie Alternate: Murray Ursulak Skip: Rick Folk Third: Bert Gretzinger Second: Rob Koffski Lead: Doug Smith Alternate: Fred Trussell Skip: Orest Meleschuk Third: John Usackis Second: John Hyrich Lead: Sean Meleschuk Alternate: Bob Lesko Skip: Gary Mitchell Third: Brian Dobson Second: Mark Armstrong Lead: Terry Roach Alternate: Arnie Dobson Skip: Lorne Henderson Third: Alex Smith Second: Peter Hollett Lead: Marc Brophy Alternate: Ken Thomas Skip: Al Hackner Third: Bill Adams Second: Jim Adams Lead: John Salo Alternate: Keith Dolph Skip: Ragnar Kamp Third: Bruce Lohnes Second: Rod McCarron Lead: Peter Neily Alternate: Ted Lohnes Skip: Russ Howard Third: Glenn Howard Second: Tim Belcourt Lead: Kent Carstairs Alternate: Larry Merkley Skip: Doug Weeks Third: Blair Weeks Second: Roy Rodd Lead: David Weeks Alternate: Allan Ledgerwood Skip: Pierre Charette Third: Andre Lafleur Second: Don Westphal Lead: Richard Bisson Alternate: Ted Butler Skip: Jim Packet Third: Bob Doerr Second: Lloyd Schmidt Lead: Dallas Duce Alternate: Peter Shykitka Skip: Al Delmage Third: Roy Giles Second: Bill Strain Lead: Ron Kapicki Alternate: Brad Robertson Final Round Robin standings[5] Round Robin only Round Robin only