Sunday will end arid Grey Cup decades for Cats or Bombers

by The Bulldog • November 23, 2019

It’s been 25 years for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, nearly 30 years for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Without winning the Grey Cup, that is. Sunday’s CFL national classic in the Manitoba capital will finally end the drought for one of them. Also of interest: Bank finally honours GICs from the 1990s

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