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MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes have extended Global punter Joseph Zema through the 2024 season. Zema (six-foot, 215 pounds) finished fourth in punting average in the CFL in 2022, maintaining a 47.3-yard average, on top of forcing opposing offences to start from inside their 10-yard line 10 times last season, good for the third-highest total

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed American defensive back Marcus Lewis, the club announced Monday. ​ Lewis played four games for the Ottawa REDBLACKS in 2021, recording nine total tackles. He signed with the Elks in Feb. 2022 before being released prior to training camp. RELATED» Free Agency Moves: Edmonton Elks» Eugene Lewis brings his helping

A year ago at this time, when just about anyone that wasn’t inside the walls of the BC Lions’ inner sanctum in Surrey was worried about the team’s fortunes, Lucky Whitehead had a knowing grin on his face. “I knew what kind of guy he was going to be,” Whitehead said of quarterback Nathan Rourke.

As the 2023 season approaches, CFL.ca is here to catch you up with the Five Things To Know series. Each article will look at key storylines facing each team this season, while examining off-season movement and where your team might stand in 2023.  REGINA — A look back on the 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders, as painful

You can feel the season inching closer to starting, can’t you? Especially with the 2023 CFL Draft just over two weeks away. I know we’re still a couple months from kickoff, but we’re getting there. So with that in mind the good people (and me) at CFL.ca are rolling out our “Top of the Depth

Trevor Harris is banking on less being more this season. Harris is cut from the gunslinger mode. In 161 CFL games he’s thrown for 28,610 yards and 154 touchdowns. He’s tossed for over 4,000 yards in four of the last five seasons. He’s been part of two Grey Cup champion teams, was an East Division

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed American defensive back Kalen Hicks. RELATED» Free Agency Moves: Edmonton Elks» East to West: Eugene Lewis lands in Edmonton» Landry: Cornelius confident with new trio of pass catchers Hicks played four seasons of NCAA Division I FBS football at the University of Hawaii (2016-2019). The Las Vegas, NV native notched 138 total

When you think about it, the season Dominique Rhymes had in 2022 was even more remarkable than it seemed at first blush. The BC Lions’ game-breaking receiver finished second in the CFL in receiving yards, with 1,401 on 85 receptions. He scored 11 touchdowns. He was named a CFL All-Star. He did all that coming

You can hear the 2023 season knocking on the door. We’re just over a month away from main training camps opening across the league. Rookie camps are slated to start exactly one month from today. Yep, we’re in full season prep mode now. For this week’s MMQB, we’ve identified five players poised for breakout campaigns

Home is where the heart is! You see it a lot in the Canadian Football League. A player gets drafted and then a few years later the pull home is too much to resist. Andy Fantuz went to Hamilton. Brendon LaBatte went to Saskatchewan. Michael Couture is back in BC. Andrew Harris found his way

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American receiver Gavin Garner and Canadian offensive lineman Tyler Grisolia. RELATED» Tait: Bombers dive into scouting season» Bombers add pair of LBs, National punter Chris MacLean» Tait: Lawler sees no limits for 2023 Blue Bombers Garner (six-foot-five, 220 pounds), comes to the Blue Bombers after attending rookie mini camps with

Ka’Deem Carey ain’t shy about it. The man has goals for the 2023 season and he can state them plainly. And he does that just after I grant him that we all know what is at the top of his to-do list this year and that it is the same thing at the top of

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have signed American defensive back De’Vante Cross. Cross signed with the NFL’s Washington Commanders as an undrafted free agent on in 2022 and late that year attended training and saw pre-season action with the Green Bay Packers. Most recently, he was with the United States Football League’s Philadelphia Stars. RELATED» Stamps

Stability. It’s something that professional football teams and athletes search for all the time. Since Pierre Karl Péladeau purchased the team a few weeks ago, the Montreal Alouettes have become a lot more stable off the field. This past Friday, they found some stability on the field and they showed commitment to a key piece

VANCOUVER — In response to the news on Tuesday that Simon Fraser University has shut down its football program, the BC Lions have issued the following statement: “The BC Lions are deeply saddened and disappointed to hear the news about Simon Fraser University’s football program. Today’s news impacts several dedicated individuals, in particular the student-athletes,

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed quarterback Jarret Doege and offensive lineman Ye’Majesty Sanders. Doege played his senior year at Troy University (2022), passing for 575 yards and five touchdowns in seven games for the Trojans. RELATED» Free Agency Moves: Edmonton Elks» East to West: Eugene Lewis lands in Edmonton» Landry: Cornelius confident with new trio of pass catchers Prior to

Mario Alford’s ability to cut is evident when he is evading a would-be tackler or toppling a tree.  “We’re actually chainsawing today,” the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ game-breaking return specialist says from an expanse of property that is located near Sistersville, WV. “We’ve got some trees down the road that need to be chainsawed.”  Such is life

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have signed American defensive lineman Mike Moore. A veteran of 70 career regular-season and playoff games with Ottawa, Edmonton and Montreal, Moore was a West Division All-Star in 2019 and last season led the Alouettes in sacks. “I’m grateful to the Stampeders for giving me this chance to continue my