The Grey Cup is to be held in Edmonton this year featuring Calgary Stampeders vs Ottawa Red Blacks and it seems it will be a relatively temperate event outside at Commonwealth Stadium (Sunday Nov 25 Forecast is Mainly Sunny -2C feels like -4C with light 11km/hr winds).
Also Nov 22 marks the shocking news of former Edmonton Eskimo Dorian Boose death in 2016 that was FINALLY disclosed as suicide with a long profile of the life, times and career of this gentle giant player. This was (of course given the "modern" media policy of not mentioning suicides due to so-called "copy-cat" behaviour) NOT mentioned at the time as the city was just dealing with the disappointment of being knocked-out of the 2016 Grey Cup.
Dorian was a talented giant of a player from nearby Washington State and made solid contributions to the team but it is revealed in this article that he had CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) a brain trauma that we all know is becoming all-too common effect in aging pro football players. I include below a "tribute" video about Dorian Boose and PDF of article for posterity sake.
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