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<\/p>\n\u201cI think it (Our League, Our Country) is still relevant and it\u2019s still a great piece of history.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u2018The re-release comes at a good time as the CFL is completing Labour Day home-and-home series this weekend in Edmonton (versus Calgary) and Winnipeg (versus Saskatchewan). And it also coincides with Canadians being encouraged to stand up for themselves amid political tensions with the United States over President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs on the country\u2019s imports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a photo book, I feel it really captures the spirit of Canadian football,\u201d Jutras said. \u201cThat is preserved in a way that I think won\u2019t be done again and that\u2019s what makes it special.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe strength of Canadian football are the fans, the people, they make this league special. Right now I think it\u2019s even more important than ever and I think the CFL means even more now to Canadians than what it used to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even more remarkable was the unprecedented access Jutras had across the CFL while working on the project. That\u2019s especially noteworthy given the cautious, often suspicious nature of football coaches when it comes to outsiders being present during their weekly game preparations.<\/p>\n
The 132-page commemorative book \u2013 of which there will be just 500 copies available \u2013 will feature a new, rich cover. It will also include a reflective foreword and afterword from the author.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur League, Our Country\u201d is Jutras\u2019 photographic tribute to Canadian football but also its fans, who Jutras says really make the game what it is. A number of sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league also contributed to the venture.<\/p>\n
As part of the original project, Jutras travelled across Canada, not only attending team events and shooting games (upwards of 2,000 frames per contest) in every CFL stadium \u2013 some more than once \u2013 but interacting with fans in all nine markets. Jutras\u2019 mandate was to provide a glimpse into each market\u2019s unique culture and traditions via her camera lens.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach market has its own little things that make it special and I made friends in every city,\u201d Jutras said. \u201cBut the first two (cities) that come to mind are Winnipeg and Regina.<\/p>\n
\u201cFootball is very big there \u2026 I\u2019d compare it to what the Montreal Canadiens are to Montreal. The CFL is very important, the fans are very engaged. But then you have a city like Toronto where even if its fan base can be smaller, the fans are very engaged. Hamilton has a very big fan base as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
While many of the CFL\u2019s coaches and players have come and gone over the last 10 years, there are some who remain. Quarterbacks Bo Levi Mitchell, Zach Collaros and Trevor Harris were all playing when Jutras first began working on the book and all three remain in the league, albeit with different teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were big names in the CFL and 10 years later they\u2019re still at the top of their game,\u201d Jutras said with a chuckle. \u201cThat part of the book is still very relevant.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since publishing \u201cOur League, Our Country,\u201d Jutras has moved on to other sports projects, including CrossFit. The resident of Drummondville, Que., still follows the CFL and watches key contests as well as the Grey Cup, which she last covered in 2019.<\/p>\n
Of course, the CFL didn\u2019t operate in 2020 due to the global pandemic. It resumed play in 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was the pandemic so I explored other avenues and started to work with other sporting organizations,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m still shooting sports full-time, it\u2019s just not football anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
The latest edition of \u201cOur League, Our Country\u201d is only available online (www.johanyjutras.com) at a retail price of $69.99.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 5, 2025.<\/p>\n
Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI think it (Our League, Our Country) is still relevant and it\u2019s still a great piece of history.\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[879,49,48,521,522,2467,520,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-123122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-cfl","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}