The 2024 Ocean Contractors Tankard, the provincial men's

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championship for

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, was held from January 17 to 21 at the

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in Halifax,

. The winning

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rink represented Nova Scotia at the

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in Regina,

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. The event was held in conjunction with the 2024 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's provincial championship. For the first time since

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, there was an Open Qualifier playdown to determine the final field.

Qualification process

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Knockout brackets

Source:

A event

B event

C event

Knockout results

All draw times listed in

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( UTC−04:00).

Draw 1

''Wednesday, January 17, 2:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Wednesday, January 17, 7:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Thursday, January 18, 9:00 am''

Draw 4

''Thursday, January 18, 2:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Thursday, January 18, 7:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Friday, January 19, 9:00 am''

Draw 7

''Friday, January 19, 2:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Friday, January 19, 7:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Saturday, January 20, 9:00 am''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, January 20, 7:00 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, January 20, 2:00 pm''

Semifinal

''Sunday, January 21, 9:00 am''

Final

''Sunday, January 21, 6:00 pm''

References

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