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Manitoba premier defends loan backstop to crumbling Winnipeg football stadium
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger is defending a loan guarantee of $35.3 million to repair Winnipeg’s brand-new football stadium and facing a call for the auditor general to investigate its construction.
Eskimos lineman Krausnick reveals battle with testicular cancer
EDMONTON – Edmonton Eskimos lineman Alex Krausnick says he has battled testicular cancer and is urging other young men to be vigilant in checking for the disease as the new national spokesperson for Testicular Cancer Canada.
Redblacks heading into crucial home-and-home series with Hamilton
The Ottawa Redblacks’ pre-season goal was to simply make the playoffs. Now they have bigger aspirations.
Toronto QB Ray to make first start of the season when Argos host Lions
TORONTO – Ricky Ray is back as the Toronto Argonauts’ starting quarterback.
Saturday’s Scoreboard
Saturday’s Games
Reilly and Eskimos down Roughriders for seventh straight victory
REGINA – The Edmonton Eskimos are getting used to come-from-behind victories.
Quarterback Henry Burris leads Redblacks to 27-20 victory over Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG – Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris joined a group of elite company in Saturday’s 27-20 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Jennings throws three TDs, Harris runs for two more as Lions down Tiger-Cats
VANCOUVER – A fast start and a pounding finish ensured that the B.C. Lions are alive and well in the CFL’s playoff chase.
Friday’s Scoreboard
Friday’s Games
Veteran quarterback Kevin Glenn throws three TDs to lead Als past Argos 34-2
HAMILTON – Kevin Glenn and the Montreal Alouettes started fast and left the Toronto Argonauts reeling Friday night.
Bombers in dogfight with Lions, Alouettes for final playoff spot in division
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Matt Nichols says his team needs to come out with the same intensity it showed in the second half of last week’s 27-24 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks.
CFL joining NHL, NCAA and others at NFL concussion symposium
The CFL is joining the NHL, NCAA and other top sports organizations in London on Saturday to discuss head injuries at the NFL’s second annual professional sports concussion conference.
Elliott thankful to be back playing football following grandmother’s death
TORONTO – Kevin Elliott is thankful to be back playing football.
Jennings, Mathews to meet again as B.C. Lions host Hamilton Tiger-Cats
VANCOUVER – Jonathon Jennings and Jeff Mathews first met while trying out for the Green Bay Packers in the summer of 2014.
Eskimos can give themselves some breathing room with road victory over Riders
Mike Reilly and the Edmonton Eskimos can give themselves a little breathing room this weekend.
Sunday’s Scoreboard
Sunday’s Games
Tiger-Cats top Alouettes 23-11; spoil Glenn’s debut with rare win in Montreal
MONTREAL – It had been 18 games over 13 years since the Hamilton Tiger-Cats won a game in Montreal.
Saturday’s Scoreboard
Saturday’s Games
Mitchell throws two TD strikes to lead Stampeders past Argonauts 27-15
HAMILTON – John Hufnagel and the Calgary Stampeders added to the Toronto Argonauts’ misery Saturday afternoon.
Friday’s Scoreboard
Friday’s Games
Redblacks down Bombers 27-24, clinch post-season berth in just second season
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Redblacks are playoff bound — in just their second season of existence.
Argos reschedule Oct. 23 home game against Montreal to Tim Hortons Field
TORONTO – The Toronto Argonauts will play another home game at Tim Hortons Field.
It’s only fitting that Argos can clinch playoff berth with road victory
TORONTO – Given the season Trevor Harris and the Toronto Argonauts have endured, it’s only fitting the CFL club can clinch a playoff spot away from Rogers Centre.
Veteran QB Glenn on the hot seat as Alouettes seek victory over Ticats
MONTREAL – Kevin Glenn is slated to start at quarterback against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for a second game in a row, but this time with a new team.