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The article reports on the Grey Cup Week in which much of Canada will sacrifice business activity if favor of some highly partisan but healthy competition. The 1959 event will be held in Toronto, Ontario. Canadian professional football resembles a U.S. college game than the U.S. professional variety. In response to the popularity of football in the country, Canadian companies tend to tie in with the game.

The article offers information on the 100th Grey Cup of Canadian Football League to be held in November 2012 in Ivor Wynne Stadium, Toronto, Ontario. It states that television ratings of CFL has increased from its last season. It mentions that financial condition of CFL has also improved after suffering from a bankruptcy in 1990.

The article discusses the history of the Canadian football game Grey Cup, founded by former Canadian Governor General Albert Henry George Grey, the fourth Earl Grey, in 1909. Topics include the history of the trophy cup, the role of the cup as a symbol of Canadian unity, and its role in the history of the league Canadian Football League (CFL).

This article recalls the fiftieth anniversary Grey Cup game at the Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario on November 30, 1962. With the fog continuing to roll in off Lake Ontario, the football game itself was in doubt. The fog was not a factor in the first quarter, but by the second quarter the pitch was fading from sight. The thick mist made for some comic moments. Television audience and viewers at the stadium were not able to see the game.

The article offers information on Canadian football Grey Cup. Several football teams and football players are presented including Saskatchewan Roughriders, Montreal Alouettes, and Edmonton Eskimos, with senior quarterback Ron Lancaster, and National Football dropout George Mira. The Grey Cup's field where the games are held is featured. The field which is 10 yards longer and 12 yards wider marks more space for the game, and the deeper end zone which allows the attacking team to run full-throttle pass patterns from inside the field are also discussed.

The article offers the author's insight on the value, spirit and characteristic of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, relative to the Grey Cup game at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario on November 25, 2012. He discusses the history of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, which has been created as the Regina Rugby Club in 1910 and founded as publicly owned club. He says that judgment overlooks the intensity of the fans of the club and ignores the team's diaspora that spread across Canada.

The article announces the 100th year of Grey Cup, a competition for professional football trophy in Canada, and the 60th year of Canadian football cards. It discusses the origin of Grey Cup instigated by Earl Grey in 1909, then the governor general of Canada and the Canadian Football League (CFL) collectible cards. It describes the highly priced 1952 Parkhurst card set in black and white, the 1952 Crown Brand cards featuring western Canadian teams, and the 1959 CFL 48 card set by Wheaties.

The article features football quarterback Chuck Ealey, who helped the Hamilton Tiger-Cats win the 1972 Grey Cup by beating the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. The other players of the Tiger-Cats include Angelo Mosca and Garney Henley. The Hamilton team is coached by Jerry Williams. It examines the reasons why Ealey was not drafted in the National Football League (NFL), prompting him to go to Canada and signed up by the Tiger-Cats.

An introduction is offered to articles available on the publication's electronic edition for the iPad tablet computer on the Grey Cup championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

This section offers news briefs from Canada as of December 2016. It reveals the rise in income of the top percentile of earners in the country as their tax load and tax burden grows faster on average. It reports the proposal of Mayor John Tory of Toronto, Ontario to implement high tolls on the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway, and the Grey Cup football tournament hosted by the BMO Field in Tonronto that was won by the Ottawa Redblacks over the Calgary Stempeders.

The article presents an interview with Mark Cohon, the Canadian Football League (CFL) Commissioner. Attention is given to talks between the CFL and the National Football League in the U.S., which is considering a partnership with the CFL. Article topics include Cohon’s father's founding of McDonald's Restaurants in Canada, his rookie season as CFL commissioner in 2007, the success of the CFL's Grey Cup, drug testing policies in the CFL, and the difficulties of uniting the CFL owners.

Discusses the Canadian Football League (CFL). Fears among CFL employees concerning major leadership changes; Appointment of Michael Lysko as commissioner; Mention of the 2000 Grey Cup game in which the British Columbia Lions beat the Montreal Alouettes.

Reports on preparations for Grey Cup week in Regina (Canada) in November 1995. Regina's Saskatchewan Roughriders; Canadian Football League (CFL) losses for 1995; The CFL scoreboard; CFL commissioner Larry Smith; The roles of Doug Stapleton and other Rider Reps.

The article discusses the football match between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes in Vancouver, British Columbia which saw the latter win the 1974 Grey Cup. The Eskimos had earlier won the Western Conference of the Canadian Football League (CFL) while the Alouettes won the Eastern Conference. Finalists for the Most Outstanding Player (MOP) were Johnny Rodgers of Montreal and Tom Wilkinson of Edmonton. The award was given to Wilkinson during lavish ceremonies hosted by the Canadian Schenley Distilleries Ltd.

The article reports that Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, Ontario has allowed a horse named Marty to enter the hotel to honor the Grey Cup football tradition.

The article offers the author's insight on the history and accomplishments of the Canadian Football League (CFL), relative to the 100th anniversary celebration of Grey Cup in 2012. He offers information on the festivities during the 100th year anniversary celebration of Grey Cup, which include a four-day football film festival, concerts, and children's play area at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario. He says that CFL becomes a metaphor for the Canadian culture with an improbable existence.

The article informs about ticket and hotel packages for Grey Cup Game, which is to be held on November 25, 2012, at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

The article focuses on various facts associated with Grey Cup, a trophy given to winners of Canadian Football League (CFL). It states that the game was first played on December 4, 1909 at the Rosedale Field in Toronto, Ontario. It mentions that the weight of trophy is 4.5 kilograms and is one meter tall.

The author discusses the Grey Cup, a big sporting event that will be held in the remodelled BC Place Stadium on November 27, 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The event will be good for business based on recent experience, which shows that hosting a dramatic sports final can help in selling merchandise. Unlike the Stanley Cup riots, the Grey Cup players are usually too decent to cause any trouble.

The article offers news briefs from Western Canada including the launch of the eCoast Green Meetings Program by Coast Hotels Ltd., the 99th annual Grey Cup, a Canadian football event on November 27, 2011 in Vancouver and the sixth annual Manito Ahbee Festival during November 2-6, 2011 in Winnipeg.

Highlights of the 95th Canadian Football League (CFL) championship, called the Grey Cup, held on November 25, 2007 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario is presented. Saskatchewan Roughriders won over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with a score of 23-19. The highlight of the Grey Cup Week was the halftime performance by Lenny Kravitz. Other festivities include the Pepsi Front Street Festival and Maxim Magazine Players Party .

Reports on the career of Damon Allen, quarterback for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League, and his close proximity to a very important professional football record. Revelation that the 42-year-old Allen, brother of former National Football League running back Marcus Allen, is a grandfather; Highlights of Allen's career, including his four Grey Cup victories; Suggestion that Allen has a chance of surpassing the professional record for career passing yards, currently held by Warren Moon.

This article presents comments on news items of interest to Canadians. First the Edmonton Eskies lope to the kind of Grey Cup win that makes the Super Bowl look dull. Then, the awesome prospect of outdoor shinny draws an airlift of hockey legends past and present. The comeuppance of Conrad Black, the most verbose media tycoon to ever renounce Canadian citizenship, proved a tonic for anemic Hollinger shares--also for that national newspaper not founded by his Lordship. "As It Happens," CBC's flagship phone-in, marks 35 years of brilliant interviews, thanks to the inability of the powerful, the quirky and the venal to resist a ringing phone; More.

Tom Wright might have turned and run on the day he was supposed to be announced as the new commissioner of the Canadian Football League. It was during Grey Cup week in Edmonton last November, and the announcement was embarrassingly delayed for a day because of infighting among team owners -- Wright's new bosses. It's not like he's doing it for the money: he earned far more as head of Portland, Ore.-based Salomon North America, part of the Adidas empire. Nor is it the glory: in 2001, he turned down an offer to head the Canadian Olympic Committee. And though the league has regained its footing after nearly collapsing in the mid-1990s, it still has big problems. But the 49-year-old Torontonian took the CFL job anyway, and he recently explained why to Maclean's Sports Editor James Deacon.

Discusses the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec. The difficulty which the Montreal Expos baseball team has selling tickets for the venue; The popularity of the venue for the Grey Cup, a Canadian football championship.

Focuses on current excitement in Winnipeg, where the 79th annual Grey Cup game will be held Nov. 24, for the first time ever in the Manitoba capital. The Grey Cup determines the annual champion of the Canadian Football League, a yearly opportunity to expose its product to a larger-than-average television audience. Fan support drops in five of eight CFL cities; 1991 total attendance over two million; Considering expansion; Improving financial position.

Reveals that with only two weeks left before its scheduled March 28, 1994 draw date, the Grey Cup Gusher lottery has sold only 9,000 of the total 25,000 tickets available. Calgary Stampeders owner Larry Ryckman admitted he would likely be forced to buy 2,000 tickets himself in order for the draw to break even.