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Project $2M: Christmas Bureau, EE partner in community

November 8, 2022 | Brian Swane
The Edmonton Elks and Christmas Bureau of Edmonton have partnered since 2006, bringing joy to families, seniors, youth, and children during the holiday season. Whether providing a festive meal ...

HS Championships: Champs crowned at Commonwealth

November 6, 2022 | Brian Swane
Snow, wind. Sub-zero temperature. In other words, football weather. Wintry conditions only added to the atmosphere at Commonwealth Stadium, where four Metro Edmonton High School football division ...

HS Championships: Sturgeon Spirits strive to win first title

November 4, 2022 | Brian Swane
It was more than four decades before Sturgeon Composite High School launched its varsity football program, and from the moment they stepped on the gridiron, the Spirits have been making up for ...

HS Championships: Alumni guides St. FX back to the top

November 3, 2022 | Brian Swane
Seventeen years have passed since the St. Francis Xavier Rams senior football team were last city champions. You don’t have to tell that to Zach Kohn. He remembers quite well when St. FX won the ...

HS Championships: Saints seek title for their centennial

November 2, 2022 | Brian Swane
The very first high school football league in Edmonton launched in 1922 with teams from six schools. Today, on the 100th anniversary of high school football in Edmonton, just three of those ...

Elks and Santas Anonymous team up for toy drive

October 20, 2022 | Brian Swane
He’s got the hat. The suit. The beard. But that’s not what make Dan Cuthbert a good Santa Claus. It’s what inside the matters. “I love to give, I care about my fellow Edmontonians,” Cuthbert ...

Project $2M: United Way’s momentum addresses poverty

October 18, 2022 | Brian Swane
Tackling poverty is a team effort. That’s why the Edmonton Elks partnered with United Way to host Momentum 2022, during the Green and Gold’s game against the Toronto Argonauts, Oct. 15 at The ...

Preview: Alberta Golden Bears vs. Calgary Dinos

October 14, 2022 | Brian Swane
In the first half of Saturday’s football doubleheader on The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium, the Alberta Golden Bears take on the Calgary Dinos in university football action. This special ...

Community: Elks tell tales of Spike during Read In Week

October 4, 2022 | Brian Swane
As part of Read In Week 2022, Oct. 3 to 7, the Edmonton Elks are helping instill the love of reading in young people across the city. Green and Gold players, cheer team members, and alumni will ...

Community: Elks celebrate Joey Moss Day at new school

September 25, 2022 | Brian Swane
The Edmonton Elks joined in celebrating the first ever Joey Moss Day at Joey Moss School in the city’s southwest on Friday. Elks defensive back Aaron Grymes, Green and Gold alumni Jed Roberts, ...

Elks to celebrate football community at annual dinner

September 23, 2022 | Brian Swane
The Edmonton Elks are celebrating the football community at their annual dinner on Sept. 26 at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium. Monday evening’s festivities will include the presentation ...

Project $2M: Pizza Pigout supports KidSport Edmonton

September 23, 2022 | Brian Swane
Sport participation promotes the development of children’s social, mental and physical well-being. Kids learn leadership, hard work, dedication, and self-confidence, and build the habits and ...

Community: Elks lend a hand at Edmonton’s Food Bank

September 22, 2022 | Brian Swane
The Edmonton Elks helped out their friends at Edmonton’s Food Bank on Thursday, as the CFL team prepares for the annual Purolator Tackle Hunger game when the Elks host the Montreal Alouettes at ...

Project $2M: Parkinson Association of Alberta fundraiser

September 8, 2022 | Brian Swane
Of the following few hundred words, two mean more than all the others combined. Seven and ten letters, respectively, these words characterize not only the Parkinson Association of Alberta, but ...

Community: Beaudry helps Fill The Seats to Save Lives

September 7, 2022 | Brian Swane
Edmonton Elks quarterback Mike Beaudry was on location at Canadian Blood Services on Wednesday, helping get out the message of the importance of giving blood. As part of the ‘#FillTheSeats ...

Community: Green & Gold greats guiding Golden Bears

August 15, 2022 | Brian Swane
Under the watchful eye of Green and Gold alumni, the University of Alberta Golden Bears opened camp at Foote Field on Sunday to begin preparation for the upcoming Canada West football ...

O’Leary: Edmonton welcomes a new day with Elks name

June 1, 2021 |
With a new name, a new logo and a lot of buzz about both on Twitter, Edmonton Elks president and CEO Chris Presson reflected on the process and possible impact of a big change with CFL.ca senior ...

Guess Who’s Back: Edwards returns to CFL in new colours

April 18, 2020 | Kristina Costabile
He’s back from the XFL and Armanti Edwards is ready to get to work with his new team, the Edmonton Eskimos. CFL.ca’s Kristina Costabile writes.

Community Tour good for players as well as fans

March 19, 2020 | Norm Cowley
The Eskimos Community Tours, presented by Tim Hortons, are intended to help build a rapport for the CFL team within rural Northern Alberta. This year’s tour, the fourth, had the Eskimos ...
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