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VANCOUVER — Global pop sensation and Grammy nominated OneRepublic will lead the pre-game festivities at BC Place when the Lions kick off their 68th regular season on Saturday, June 11. The 30-minute pre-game concert will begin at 6:30 pm before the Lions battle the Edmonton Elks in their season kickoff game, making for a special

They say football is family. For the Philpots, that’s literally reality. Twin brothers Jalen and Tyson Philpot awaited their names to be called in the CFL Draft Tuesday night, anticipating the first time in a long time that they would be split up and playing on opposing teams. The two spent the past few years

TORONTO — The Ottawa REDBLACKS used their territorial pick in the CFL Draft to choose Penn State linebacker and Ottawa native Jesse Luketa. Luketa was drafted in the seventh round of the NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals this past weekend. The REDBLACKS will wait to see where Luketa’s pro path takes him. Should the

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have acquired OL Kyle Saxelid, LB Grant McDonald and the second overall selection in the 2022 Canadian Football League Global Draft in exchange for the eighth  and 28th overall selections in the 2022 CFL Draft, along with the ninth overall selection in the 2022 CFL Global Draft. “I’d like to

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have made a trio of signings, highlighted by the addition of American quarterback Chase Litton. Litton (six-foot-five, 230 pounds, Marshall, October 5, 1995 in Winter Park, FL) signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2018. He then signed to the Jacksonville Jaguars in September

CFL.ca will be previewing the 2022 season, taking an in-depth look at each of the nine teams as they get set to hit the field. When Michael Reilly retired in the off-season, the BC Lions knew they wanted Nathan Rourke to assume starting duties, going into just his second season (Jimmy Jeong/CFL.ca) If the BC

Brampton, Ont. native and Alabama receiver John Metchie III was taken 44th overall in the NFL Draft on Friday night by the Houston Texans. RELATED» View: 2022 CFL Schedule» Metchie leaps to top spot in final Scouting Bureau of 2022» O’Leary: Rule changes build on strengths of the CFL game With the No. 44 overall pick in the

Change, sometimes regardless of the scale of it, can be hard for people to accept. We see that across the board in life, but if you’re a fan of the CFL, you see it through a specific lens. When you have a league that’s played its championship game 108 times, you’re bound to get attached

As the 2022 season approaches, CFL.ca is getting you up to speed on where each team stands after a hectic off-season that saw players crisscross the country. Five Things To Know will catch you up on where your team left off in 2021, the moves it made and what it might accomplish in 2022.  TORONTO

TORONTO — The 2022 edition of Touchdown Atlantic has sold out. The CFL’s east coast classic between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Toronto Argonauts is set to be played at Acadia University in Wolfville, N.S., on July 16 at 3 p.m. AT / 2 p.m. ET. In anticipation of the game, downtown Halifax will be

TORONTO — There’s nowhere that Tyrell Ford would rather be than out on an island. Tropical vacations are nice, but Ford, a cornerback out of Waterloo University, seeks out his island on the football field. “The biggest reason I love football is I love to compete. Especially as a corner I love the one on

Jalen Saunders experienced some dark moments that would have broken many a man. It began with a devastating knee injury amid a stellar campaign with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats back in 2018. Then the XFL folded during the pandemic, robbing him of a return to the field before a shot with the Ottawa REDBLACKS disappeared when

These days, Geroy Simon is on a kind of organizational treadmill, one with which I’m sure most CFL football operations executives are familiar. “A lot of Excel spreadsheets,” said the Edmonton Elks’ Assistant General Manager, hopping off that metaphorical treadmill for a few minutes in order to offer up a glimpse into his team’s ongoing

OTTAWA — The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced Friday that quarterback Devlin ‘Duck’ Hodges has retired from professional football. Hodges, 26, made 16 of 38 passes for 139 yards through four games last season with the REDBLACKS, while rushing nine times for 38 yards. His retirement leaves the REDBLACKS with four QBs on the roster, with Jeremiah Masoli, Taryn

TORONTO — The Canadian Football League has updated the 2022 season schedule to accommodate the following date and time changes. PRESEASON Game No. 4 (formerly No. 5) – BC at Calgary on May 28: no time change Game No. 5 (formerly No. 4) – Montreal at Hamilton on May 28: kickoff updated to 7 p.m.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed American receiver Anthony Johnson, the team announced on Wednesday. Johnson, 27, most recently spent time in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Steelers (2020-21), on their practice squad. The six-foot-two, 220-pound native of Rock Hill, South Carolina also spent time in the NFL with the Los Angeles

It was a moment about as Canadian a moment as you could find: Two CFL-bound prospects catching up after having worked out together at last month’s CFL Combine presented by New Era. Tyrell Richards, the Brampton-raised linebacker that sat at No. 3 in the spring edition of the CFL Scouting Bureau’s rankings, and Daniel Adeboboye,

OTTAWA — The Ottawa REDBLACKS made three more additions to the offensive side of the ball on Monday, signing offensive linemen Matthew Derks and Obinna Nwankwo, as well as receiver Brandon Arconado. Derks, 24, a native of Brantford, Ont., was selected by the REDBLACKS in the sixth round of the 2021 CFL Draft. He returned