TORONTO — A career that started on the practice roster has earned Chad Owens a spot in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. The electrifying returner/receiver topped a stellar 2024 class announced Friday. Also named were players S.J. Green, Weston Dressler, Marvin Coleman and Vince Goldsmith with former CFL coach Ray Jauch and amateur football icon Ed Laverty (posthumously) selected as builders. Joining the hall's media wing are Steve Daniel, the CFL's associate vice-president of football analyti
Joel Dublanko is looking forward to calling Edmonton home. The Edmonton Elks took the rugged linebacker first overall in the CFL draft Tuesday night. There was karma with the selection, as the American-born Dublanko was able to declare for the draft because his father is from Edmonton. And the burly six-foot-three, 240-pound Dublanko still has plenty of family living in Alberta. "Thankfully it's another home for me in Edmonton (with) how much family I have here," Dublanko said. "It (being drafte
OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks acquired Canadian long-snapper Peter Adjey from the Edmonton Elks on Wednesday for a 2025 third-round pick. The six-foot-three, 230-pound Adjey appeared in 36 regular-season games over the last two seasons with Edmonton. The Elks selected the 24-year-old Toronto native in the third round, No. 28 overall, of the 2022 CFL draft out of Queen's University. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 1, 2024. The Canadian Press