On September 8, 1974, Tom Wilkinson, quarterback for the Edmonton Eskimos, unsuccessfully attempted a drop kick field goal in the final seconds of a 24-2 romp over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

A Labour Day tradition in Atlantic Canada is the Wharf Rat Rally in Digby, Nova Scotia, while the rest of Canada watches the Labour Day Classic, a Canadian Football League event where rivals like Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts ( except in 2011, due to a scheduling conflict ), and Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers play on Labour Day weekend.

** Warren Moon, American football player and quarterback for the Edmonton Eskimos ( Canada )

Prefontaine was an Argonaut from 1998 to 2006 and, after a stint with the Edmonton Eskimos, re-signed with the Argos in 2010.

For example, only the Charlotte Hornets had the right to offer contracts to players from the Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Colts, and Detroit Lions, and only the Chicago Winds could offer contracts to players from the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets, and Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.

* Josh Ranek — running back for the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos ; formerly of Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Ottawa Renegades

* In the fourth quarter of the 42nd Grey Cup game in 1954, Chuck Hunsinger of the Montreal Alouettes lost the ball on the Edmonton Eskimos ' 15-yard line.

* Juan Joseph, who was selected in 2009 by the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.

* E. J. Underwood, professional football player for the Cleveland Gladiators ; played for Edmonton Eskimos New York Jets, Buffalo Bills

* John LaGrone Borger High School, SMU ( All-American ), Dave Campbell's Texas Football and ( DT ), Edmonton Eskimos ( Football )

* Kenny Pettway — Linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos

* Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos win 48 – 10 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

* Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos win 17-9 over the Montreal Alouettes

* Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos win 20-13 over the Montreal Alouettes

* Grey Cup – Montreal Alouettes won 41-6 over the Edmonton Eskimos

* Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos won 9-8 over the Montreal Alouettes

* Grey Cup – Montreal Alouettes won 20 – 7 over the Edmonton Eskimos

* Grey Cup – Ottawa Rough Riders win 22 – 18 over the Edmonton Eskimos

Darren Paul Flutie ( born November 18, 1966 in Manchester, Maryland ) is a former Canadian football wide receiver for the BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

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In October 2003, the Trappers ' fate in Edmonton was sealed when the team, then owned by the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos, was sold to a group led by Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan and his son Reid.

* Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos win 26-23 over the Ottawa Rough Riders

* Fred Stamps, football player with the Edmonton Eskimos

Seeing Calgary and Edmonton are part of a single economic region as the TD study did in 2003 was novel.

However, roads in Victoria are not based on a grid system as in Vancouver or Edmonton, and even most major streets do not follow a straight line from beginning to end as they wind around hills, parks, coastlines, and historic neighbourhoods, often changing names two or three times.

There is little distinction between " streets " and " avenues " in Victoria as there is in other cities such as Vancouver or Edmonton where " streets " run north-south and " avenues " run east-west, and Victorians are unlikely to use the terms " north ", " south ", " east ", or " west " when giving directions.

They are notably absent from cities such as Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg that lie on flat plains and have expanded outwardly on former agricultural land.

The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Robert Tychkowski of the Edmonton Sun reports that many, including Edmonton Oilers president Kevin Lowe, believe the induction ceremony should be held on a night when there are no NHL games scheduled.

There are now 7 manual osteopathy colleges in Canada, teaching in Halifax, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Hamilton, Vancouver, Ottawa, London, Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton.

Artefacts found in the early 1900s reveal that there were Roman settlements in the areas that are now Edmonton and Bush Hill Park.

Together, the Waste Management Centre and Wastewater Treatment plant are known as the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence.

There are four main hospitals serving Edmonton: University of Alberta Hospital, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Misericordia Community Hospital, and Grey Nuns Community Hospital.

The cable television providers in Edmonton are Telus ( for IPTV ) and Shaw Cable.

Twenty-one FM and eight AM radio stations are based in Edmonton.

There are numerous cadet corps of the different elements ( naval, army and air force ) within Edmonton as well.

Gretzky and his Edmonton Oilers teammate Mark Messier are the only players to win the Hart Trophy with more than one team.

Players from the Montreal Canadiens have won the award sixteen times ; players from Boston Bruins are second with twelve winners, and the Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers have seen players win the award nine times.

The rock band Black Stone Cherry and the country music band Kentucky Headhunters are Edmonton natives.

In middle-sized cities with a relatively low population density, such as Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, or Hamilton, there are more apartment towers but they are greatly outnumbered by single-family houses.

Simmonds recordings are all from the same venue: The Gardens Edmonton, Alberta, Canada but on different dates, and only two tracks include Walker.

Today, Alberta has the largest number of elms unaffected by Dutch elm disease in the world ; many streets and parks in Edmonton and Calgary are still lined with healthy, mature trees.

Therefore, IndyCar events held at traditional CCWS venues ( such as Edmonton ) are not " inaugural " events, despite press promotions to the contrary.

In 1910, however, Liberal MLA Alwyn Bramley-Moore ( who was a staunch provincial rights advocate and who many years later would be called " Alberta's first separatist " by the Edmonton Journal ) moved a resolution calling on the Sifton government to " take such steps as may be deemed necessary to acquire the control of all such natural resources as are of purely local concern ".