As the 98th Grey Cup becomes part of CFL history, those of us who shared it are filled with gratitude. Our heartfelt thanks go to: – the city of Edmonton, the Festival Committee, and the hundreds of volunteers who treated us all like champions; – our many partners who supported the Grey Cup and Festival,

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On behalf of our Board of Governors, our teams, and our fans across Canada, I want to express our profound respect for Canada’s veterans on this Remembrance Day. Their courage, their sacrifice, their honour provided all Canadians with the freedom to express our opinions, build our democracy and pursue our passions – including our passion

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Thanks to you, our fans, our league is having a great year. And now that we’ve reached the midway point of this season, I wanted to share with you a bit of a half-time report on the 2010 season. Our attendance is strong, at an average of 28,322 per game. We’re basically even with last

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OTTAWA — Led by committed owners and governors and fuelled by strong attendance and television ratings, today’s Canadian Football League (CFL) is right for Ottawa, Commissioner Mark Cohon told city council here today. “The fact is the CFL is as strong as it has ever been, right now,” Cohon said. Urging councilors to approve a

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Dear CFL Fans: I had an amazing experience yesterday I want to share with you, one that filled me with respect for some very special Canadians. I got a tiny, but invigorating taste of what life is like in Canada’s military, as one of 60 Canadian CEO’s invited by the Department of National Defence to

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Please Note: No new questions will be answered after this point, so please save them for our next Q and A with the Commissioner. Our expansion policy has nothing to do with the NFL. It has everything to do with a strong CFL.  We will only expand into markets with strong, committed ownership and appropriate

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    Please Note: No new questions will be answered after this point, so please save them for our next Q and A with the Commissioner. Thanks for the suggestion, David. There was a time when the CFL had four pre-season games, and fewer regular season games, but I understand people felt then that the

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On behalf of our Board of Governors, and our teams across the country, I want to do more than welcome you to the 2009 CFL Season. I want to thank you for making it possible. You, our fans, buy our tickets, wear our colours, support our partners, and watch the CFL on TSN. What’s more,

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Please Note: No new questions will be answered after this point, so please save them for our next Q and A with the Commissioner. I have no doubt Rider Nation will show up, wherever we play! Quebec City is a great market for football, with great fans, and it would be great fun to play

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Some of you, our fans, have asked me about our league’s position on players wearing pink. First of all, we understand the views expressed by some of our players and some of our fans. We are very sympathetic to the cause of breast cancer awareness. My own parents are cancer survivors, and we’ve all been

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