Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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Ottawa offers to help CFL with short-term loan, no decision on season expected Friday: TSN
According to TSN's Dave Naylor, his sources are telling him the federal government has offered to help the Canadian Football League ahead of a potential 2020 season. But it would be in the form of a s...
Jul 31, 2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders running back William Powell rushes against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the CFL's West final on Nov. 17, 2019. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Chris Getzlaf fought for roster spot at every level of football
Everywhere Chris Getzlaf played football, he had to work his way up the depth chart. "Every level of football I ever played I started on the bench and then worked my way onto a starting role," Getzlaf...
Jul 30, 2020 Rob Bagg (left) And Chris Getzlaf celebrate winning the 2013 Grey Cup. (Chris Getzlaf/Twitter)
U Sports to allow 25-year-olds to play 2021 football season
U Sports has decided to make an exemption to its age cap policy and allow 25-year-olds to play in 2021. The original decision made on July 9 was met with a lot of criticism and backlash. The ongoing C...
Jul 27, 2020 The University of Regina Rams and University of Saskatchewan Huskies squared off at Mosaic Stadium on Sept. 13, 2019. (Ben Berger/University of Regina Athletics)
Family death a catalyst for the career of CFL great Reggie Hunt
Reggie Hunt said he's blessed to have had the football career he did. But the event that turned the focus of the Saskatchewan Roughriders great to the sport was anything but a blessing. "I still remem...
Jul 24, 2020 Reggie Hunt sacks Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Ricky Ray in 2007. (Daniel Paquet/Wikipedia)
Jamie Nye: Here's hoping MLB playoff expansion sticks from here on out
Just hours before the first pitch in the 2020 Major League Baseball season, the league and players signed off on a 16-team playoff format. Many believe now that MLB has gone to 16 for this COVID-short...
Jul 24, 2020
Release the Kraken: Seattle unveils name for NHL franchise
SEATTLE - The NHL's newest team finally has its name: The Seattle Kraken. The expansion franchise unveiled its nickname Thursday, ending 19 months of speculation about whether the team might lean trad...
Jul 23, 2020 (Seattle Kraken/Twitter)
Jamie Nye: Let the games begin!!!
Well, we made it. Over the next 10 days, we'll go from zero games from the major sports in North America over the last four months to almost all of them. Major League Baseball starts today, the NBA ne...
Jul 23, 2020
Jamie Nye: Hoping Winnipeg hub city news is a hint 2020 season will happen
The Canadian Football League has officially announced Winnipeg will play host to the 2020 season, if it goes ahead. But here is my biggest question: Why announce where the hub city is going to be if y...
Jul 22, 2020
Regina loses bid, Winnipeg tentatively chosen as 2020 CFL hub city
If the CFL is played in 2020, it's going to be in Winnipeg. The league announced Tuesday afternoon the league would play in Manitoba's capital instead of in Regina or Calgary. "We wanted to host this ...
Jul 21, 2020 Mosaic Stadium. (980 CJME file photo)
CFL's Edmonton Eskimos will search for new name
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos will change their name. The CFL squad made the move Tuesday, following a similar decision by the NFL's Washington team as pressure mounts on teams to eliminate racist o...
Jul 21, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
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Sarah Mills: Betty Nippi-Albright did the honourable thing by choosing to sit as independent
Sarah Mills says Betty Nippi-Albright's departure from the Sask. NDP has not forced a byelection, nor has she sought dea...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, May 7
Evan speaks with Shaun Semple after Regina City Council approved the Brandt/REAL District purchase deal on Wednesday, th...