Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
Tag Archives: CFL
Roughriders make 'competitive bid' to be CFL hub city
If there's going to be CFL football in 2020, the Saskatchewan Roughriders want it to take place at Mosaic Stadium. The club announced it submitted what it describes as a "competitive bid" to be a hub ...
Jul 20, 2020 Mosaic Stadium. (980 CJME file photo)
Manitoba premier willing to commit $2.5M if Winnipeg chosen CFL hub
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government laid out the red carpet for the Canadian Football League on Monday, promising $2.5 million to help Winnipeg serve as the league's hub city if the season should go ah...
Jul 20, 2020
Jamie Nye: Picking the Riders' all-time team isn't an easy task
The Saskatchewan Roughriders' all-time team will be announced on TSN on Friday and there are some interesting debates. Of course you'll see Ron Lancaster at quarterback and George Reed at fullback, bu...
Jul 17, 2020
Burris, Brock, Childress and Hufnagel among 2020 Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Four members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 have ties to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Offensive linemen Clyde Brock and Freddie Childress, quarterback Henry Burris and builder ...
Jul 16, 2020 (DoubleBlue/Wikimedia Commons)
Eddie Davis reflects on living 'dream job' as a professional football player
Eddie Davis can use one word to sum up his professional football career: Exciting. "When you look at it, I grew up wanting to play baseball and professional sports in general," the former Saskatchewan...
Jul 10, 2020 Eddie Davis. (File photo courtesy of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame)
Source: CFL submits revised financial request to federal government
TORONTO - The CFL sent federal Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault a revised financial request Friday. A league source said the league is seeking about $42.5 million in aid. In April, the CFL...
Jul 10, 2020 CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. (THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Andrew Vaughan)
Jamie Nye: CFL fans should start getting used to saying Edmonton Empire
The Edmonton Eskimos have an easy decision to make. I like the Edmonton Empire. The team made sure to put in all the work on trademarking a new name as it went through the process of connecting with t...
Jul 08, 2020
Jamie Nye: Six games is better than nothing, or at least that's what I thought
Six games or no games. I thought the answer would be pretty simple when it comes to how badly CFL fans want to see football this season. Surprisingly, there are more than a few who want zero rather th...
Jul 07, 2020
Jamie Nye: CFL needs a CFLesque last-minute miracle
Well, now we can start the timer on the CFL for 2020. The league wants a decision by July 23 to go ahead with its own bubble plan to resume play. Having only 17 days to get the players and the league ...
Jul 06, 2020
CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos plan to talk to Inuit communities about team name
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos "will ramp up" their engagement with Inuit communities to evaluate their views on the CFL team's name. The Eskimos made the announcement Friday. "We recognize that ther...
Jul 04, 2020
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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