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The Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) is the national championship professional rodeo in Canada, currently held in Edmonton, Alberta; the host site from its 1974 inception through 2017, after being held in Red Deer, Alberta, from 2018 through 2023.
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [1]The winning margin was 5.67 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time since the introduction of automatic timing that the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase was won by more than 5 seconds at these championships.
The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec.They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa, as well as by Uganda, in protest at alleged Canadian hostility towards the government of Idi Amin. [1]
List of Canadian soccer champions; First season: 1983: Country: Canada: Confederation: CONCACAF: Current champions; League champions: Forge FC (4th title) Regular season: Cavalry FC (2nd title) Domestic cup: Vancouver Whitecaps FC (3rd title) Most titles; League champions: Vancouver Whitecaps FC (5 titles) Regular season: Cavalry FC (2 titles ...
Mark Bluvshtein is the youngest champion, at age 17 at Edmonton in 2005. Daniel Yanofsky was the oldest champion, at age 54, also in Edmonton in 1979. Toronto has hosted the most Opens with ten, followed by Ottawa with seven and Edmonton with six. The 2014 edition was held in Montreal from July 19–26. In 2015, no tournament was held.
The origins of the Challenge era come from the method of play of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada prior to 1893. From 1887 to 1893, the league did not play a round-robin format, but rather challenges between teams of the association that year, with the winner of the series being the 'interim' champion, with the final challenge winner becoming the league champion for the year.
Both teams exchanged field goals as Edmonton held a 24–10 lead at halftime. Winnipeg made a game of it in the second half, as quarterback Sammy Garza scored on a one-yard keeper. The Blue Bombers closed the gap to four on Troy Westwood's 32-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. But Edmonton's offence got back on track to close out the game.
Won West Finals (Blue Bombers) 2–1 series Won Grey Cup 25–24: 1955 1955: WIFU†* – 1st^ 14 2 0 Won West Finals (Blue Bombers) 2–0 series Won Grey Cup 34–19: 1956 1956: WIFU†* – 1st^ 11 5 0 Won West Finals (Roughriders) 2–1 series Won Grey Cup 50–27: 1957 1957: WIFU – 1st^ 14 2 0 Lost W.I.F.U. Finals (Blue Bombers) 1–2 series