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  • Canadian Press wrote a new post 12 months ago

    Roughriders roll past Blue Bombers in pre-season tilt REGINA — Corey Mace picked up a victory in his first game as head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Monday, but he b […]

  • Former employee sues Argos for wrongful dismissal, accuses QB Kelly of harassment TORONTO – A former strength and conditioning coach with the Toronto Argonauts is suing the CFL club for wrongful dismissal and […]

  • Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke will undergo surgery for a sprain in his right foot, the CFL club announced Sunday.

    The Lions stated that Rourke has been diagnosed with a Lisfranc sprain in the foot.

    Rourke […]

  • Defensive lineman Garrett Marino and the Saskatchewan Roughriders both apologized Wednesday for Marino’s low hit on Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Jeremiah Masoli last week, with Marino adding he won’t appeal the […]

  • By The Canadian Press
    TORONTO – The CFL’s board of governors could be providing some much-needed clarity on the 2021 season next week.
    A league official said the board will hold a conference call Monday, at w […]

  • By Dan Ralph

    The CFL has denied a claim from the United Football Players Association suggesting the league will likely cancel its 2021 and ’22 seasons.

    The UFPA made the claim Tuesday in an update posted on […]

  • By Dan Ralph

    CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie shoulders the blame for the Grey Cup not being handed out for the first time in more than 100 years.

    The CFL cancelled its season Monday due to the COVID-19 […]

  • By Dan Ralph

    The bulk of the CFL’s $30-million, interest-free loan request from the federal government is to cover the operation of a shortened season.

    A source with knowledge of the situation told The […]

  • OTTAWA — Canada’s chief public health officer says the federal government is in talks with the CFL about applying quarantine rules to returning American players that are similar to the cohort approach used by the […]

  • By Dan Ralph, Canadian Press

    The CFL has sent Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault a revised financial request.

    A CFL source said Friday the league is seeking roughly Cdn $42.5 million in aid. In April, it […]

  • By Dan Ralph The Canadian Press

    Even if the CFL plays an abbreviated 2020 season in a hub city under the strictest of health-and-safety guidelines, an infectious diseases doctor believes there will still be p […]

  • Canadian Press wrote a new post 5 years ago

    OTTAWA — CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the most likely scenario for the league is a cancelled 2020 season during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Ambrosie made the admission for the first time while testifying to […]

  • Orlondo Steinauer and the other eight CFL head coaches have an extra roster decision to make this season.

    Game-day rosters in 2019 will consist of 45 players, an increase of one from last year. That’s because […]

  • More than 750,000 fans tuned in to watch the CFL’s first combine with international players last weekend — and 62 per cent of those views came from outside Canada and the United States.

    A total of 18 of the 6 […]

  • By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press

    TORONTO — Marc-Anthony Hor is convinced he belongs in the CFL.

    The burly German defensive lineman was among 18 Europeans participating in the CFL’s national combine this w […]

  • Canadians Tyrone Crawford and Louis-Philippe Ladouceur will both be interested spectators when the NFL playoffs begin this weekend.

    Crawford, a defensive lineman from Windsor, Ont., and Ladouceur a 35-year-old […]