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REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed national kicker Brett Lauther to a two-year contract extension. Lauther (six-foot-one, 195 pounds) is coming off a strong 2021 season that saw him named the Roughriders’ Most Outstanding Special Teams Player and voted the fan choice for the Wireless Age Player of the Year. RELATED» Riders announce 2022 football

Ahead of free agency in the CFL, the potential free agent list for the Calgary Stampeders seems to be one where people could have started to feel a sense of panic. However, is it ever wise to doubt the plan of John Hufnagel? Consider where the Stamps’ investment has gone so far. Bo Levi Mitchell

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have released 10 players, the club announced Thursday. Among the cuts were five active roster players, along with five players from the team’s suspended list. RELATED» Elks’ Dr. Naidu helped get the CFL through ’21 season» Elks add pieces to coaching, football ops staff» Elks name Victor Cui new president and CEO» Familiar Faces

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have added a few familiar faces to their roster on Wednesday afternoon, signing a trio of big name receivers. 2015 Grey Cup champion Adarius Bowman, two-time CFL All-Star Emmanuel Arceneaux, and CFL veteran Caleb Holley have all signed with the Elks. Also announced Wednesday were the additions of former NFLers Matthew Elam (DB),

An important step in the free agency process kicks in less than a week from now, on Jan. 30. That’s when the free agency negotiation window will open, allowing pending free agents to have conversations with teams from around the league. The window was introduced in 2020 as a means to curb tampering and let

On a cold January day almost exactly nine years ago, a group of reporters made their way over to Commonwealth Stadium. The Edmonton Elks went by a different name back then, but they were in a spot similar to where they are now. A year removed from trading Ricky Ray, the need for a franchise

The fit has been so perfect, the move so seamless and the results so astonishing. Given all that, it was nearly impossible to imagine Zach Collaros in any Canadian Football League uniform other than the Blue and Gold of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Yes, his resumé will remind all of the stops in his career,

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have released National tight end/fullback Nikola Kalinic to pursue opportunities in the National Football League. RELATED» Tiger-Cats sign WR/Ret Papi White to extension» Ferguson: Envisioning Hamilton’s Dane Evans era» CFL releases 2022 potential free agent list» Ticats extend All-Star OL Brandon Revenberg Kalinic, 25, played in all 14 regular-season games for the Tiger-Cats in 2021, registering

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have agreed to terms on a new one-year contract with all-star offensive tackle Stanley Bryant. Bryant (six-foot-five, 306 pounds; East Carolina; born: May 7, 1986 in Goldsboro, N.C.) is one of the most decorated linemen in Blue Bombers and Canadian Football League history. Named to the CFL All-Star team

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have agreed to terms with all-star quarterback Zach Collaros on a one-year contract extension. He was scheduled to become a free agent next month. Collaros (six-foot, 222 pounds; University of Cincinnati; born: August 27, 1988 in Steubenville, OH) returns in 2022 for a third season with the Blue Bombers

The Riders are ready to run it back.. but will need more than that. When the Saskatchewan Roughriders finished their season in a frigid defeat to their bitter rival and eventual Grey Cup champion Winnipeg, I wondered how many 2021 Riders we’d see pull the ’S’ over their chest again in 2022. With so many

It’s an award Elks team physician Dr. Dhiren Naidu wasn’t expecting to win. But after COVID-19 turned the world upside down, it’s an award he more than deserved. Dr. Naidu was honoured last month with the CFL’s Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award, sharing the honour with fellow CFL chief medical officer Dr. Bob McCormack. The

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have extended four national players, including long snapper Gordon Whyte, linebacker Jarek Richards, offensive lineman Joseph Bencze and defensive lineman Malcolm Campbell. Whyte, 24, appeared in all 14 regular-season games and all three playoff games for the Tiger-Cats in 2021, serving as the team’s long snapper and registering four special

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension with Canadian linebacker Jesse Briggs who was scheduled to become a free agent next month. Briggs (six-foot-one, 207 pounds; McGill University; born: April 14, 1990, in Kelowna, BC) returns to the Blue Bombers for a seventh season with the club

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced Friday that the football club has released American offensive lineman Jordan Murray so he can pursue opportunities in the National Football League. RELATED» O’Leary: Dane Evans finally gets his day in the sun» CFL releases 2022 potential free agent list» Ferguson: Envisioning Hamilton’s Dane Evans era Murray, 24, started nine regular season

As Dane Evans settled into the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ locker room, he looked around and sized up his competition. A rookie in 2o18, he was familiar with all of his new fellow quarterbacks. There was the starter, Jeremiah Masoli. There was Vernon Adams Jr. and of course, drawing interest from sports fans on both sides of

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have re-signed American DB Cam Glenn and signed American QB Austin Simmons. Glenn, 25, spent 2021 on Toronto’s suspended list and played one game for the club in late 2019 after being signed in October that year. The six-foot-one, 205-pound DB from Wake Forest spent time with the San Francisco

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have extended American quarterback Dane Evans through the 2023 season. “We are excited that Dane and his family have chosen to stay in Hamilton for the next two seasons,” said President of football operations and head coach Orlondo Steinauer. “Dane is not just an outstanding quarterback, but an outstanding human