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<\/p>\nLions sign American offensive lineman Schleuger to extension<\/p>\n
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VANCOUVER \u2014 American offensive lineman Chris Schleuger signed a two-year contract extension with the B.C. Lions on Monday.<\/p>\n
Schleuger was eligible to become a free agent Feb. 10.<\/p>\n
The six-foot-four, 305-pound Schleuger started 14 regular-season games at right tackle last season. He helped B.C. lead the CFL in scoring (29.8 offensive points per game), net offence (430.2 yards) and passing (325.4 yards) as quarterback Nathan Rourke was named the league\u2019s outstanding player and top Canadian.<\/p>\n
Schleuger originally signed with the Lions ahead of the \u201923 campaign and made 10 starts over the next two seasons. He previously appeared in 20 games with the Montreal Alouettes (2019, 2021-22).<\/p>\n
Bombers agree to terms with Canadian defensive lineman Schmekel on extension<\/p>\n
WINNIPEG \u2014 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers agreed to terms Monday on a one-year contract extension with Canadian defensive tackle Tanner Schmekel.<\/p>\n
Schmekel was scheduled to become a free agent in February.<\/p>\n
The six-foot-one, 286-pound Regina native will return for his fourth season with Winnipeg. He was limited to just four games last year due to injury.<\/p>\n
Schmekel has appeared in 26 regular-season games with Winnipeg since being taken in the fourth round, No. 35 overall, in the 2023 CFL draft out of Regina.<\/p>\n
Stampeders name Jarious Jackson as their quarterback coach<\/p>\n
CALGARY \u2014 The Calgary Stampeders hired Jarious Jackson as their quarterback coach Monday.<\/p>\n
Jackson, 48, served as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback coach last season.<\/p>\n
Jackson has spent 24 years in the CFL as a player and coach, having won four Grey Cups \u2014 three as a player with B.C. (2006, \u201911) and Toronto (2012) \u2014 and one as a coach with Edmonton (2015).<\/p>\n
He began his CFL coaching career with B.C. as a quarterback coach in 2013 and has since served in the same capacity with Edmonton (2014-15, 2022-24), Saskatchewan (2016-17), the Lions (2018-19), Toronto (2021) and Winnipeg (2025).<\/p>\n
Jackson has also been an offensive co-ordinator with the Lions (2018-19), Argonauts (2021) and Elks (2023-24). In addition, he served as Edmonton\u2019s interim head coach during the \u201924 campaign, posting a 7-6 record after the club began the season 0-5.<\/p>\n
Jackson played in 108 regular-season games as a quarterback over eight CFL seasons \u2014 seven with the Lions and another with the Argos.<\/p>\n
Ucambre Williams is now Calgary\u2019s offensive line coach after serving as running backs coach in 2025. Pat DelMonaco will add the running backs coach role to his duties as offensive co-ordinator.<\/p>\n
Alouettes sign receiver Alexander Hollins for 2026 season<\/p>\n
MONTREAL \u2014 The Montreal Alouettes signed American receiver Alexander Hollins for the 2026 season Monday.<\/p>\n
The six-foot, 165-pound Hollins joined the Alouettes in July 2025 after attending the Edmonton Elks training camp. He appeared in five games, recording eight catches for 163 yards.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 5, 2026.<\/p>\n
The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lions sign American offensive lineman Schleuger to extension VANCOUVER \u2014 American offensive lineman Chris Schleuger signed a two-year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390950,"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-390949","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\/390949","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=390949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}