Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Jamie Nye: CFL pipeline to NFL a healthy sign of talent
It has begun. The purge of CFL talent taking NFL opportunities has started as the window opens to start the New Year for NFL teams to sign players to a futures contract. The Riders lost linebacker Sam...
Jan 02, 2019
Roughriders release LB Eguavoen for NFL pursuit
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have released stalwart defensive player Sam Eguavoen so the Texan can pursue a stint with a NFL club. The Roughriders announced the news Wednesday afternoon. The linebacke...
Jan 02, 2019
Former Riders all-star Ted Urness dead at 81
Sad news in Riderville over the weekend as a long-time Roughrider and CFL all-star died. Ted Urness, an offensive lineman who helped the green and white win the Grey Cup in 1966, was 81 years old. Urn...
Dec 31, 2018
Darrell Davis: Austin returns to U.S. 12 years after fulfilling Riders promise
If Kent Austin never returns to a CFL sideline, his coaching record is 48 wins, 50 losses through four-plus seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and one magical year with the Saskatchewan Roughriders....
Dec 31, 2018
Darrell Davis: A different Jones for Riders
No wonder the Saskatchewan Roughriders pushed aside John Murphy, their assistant vice-president of football operations and player personnel. He's reportedly being replaced by Paul Jones, who is credit...
Dec 28, 2018
U of R's Atlee Simon inks deal with Stampeders
Atlee Simon has played his entire football career in Regina, but he will be taking his talents a little farther west in the pros. The Calgary Stampeders announced they signed the Regina Rams running b...
Dec 21, 2018 U of R running back Atlee Simon is the school's all-time leading rusher. (Piper Sports Photography)
Darrell Davis: Fixing the CFL schedule
The CFL schedule-makers have been listening. Maybe the CFL heard our complaints and fixed most of the issues for 2019. During recent years the biggest flaws were a lack of reasonable time between game...
Dec 21, 2018
Riders face road start, finish to 2019 season
The CFL has a gift for its fans just in time for Christmas. The league has released the 2019 football schedule and it keeps the Roughriders away from home for the first two weeks of the season. The Ri...
Dec 20, 2018 (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Jamie Nye: Spencer Moore's contributions shouldn't go unnoticed
It's hard to see good people go. And Spencer Moore is good people. Moore was traded to the Montreal Alouettes for a conditional pick after six seasons in Saskatchewan since being drafted in the fifth ...
Dec 20, 2018
Picton signs with Argos after 'scary' injury sidelined season
The end of his final season at the University of Regina did not go as Noah Picton planned. Picton, who is arguably the Rams most prolific quarterback, sat the last three games of the year because of a...
Dec 19, 2018 Former University of Regina Rams quarterback Noah Picton.
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...