Calgary Stampeders offensive lineman D\u2019Antne Demery has been fined for striking Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive lineman Desmond Evans during the teams\u2019 preseason game May 18.<\/p>\n
The Canadian Football League announced Demery\u2019s fine Wednesday along with two others, to Edmonton Elks defensive linemen Richard Jibunor and Gavin Meyer.<\/p>\n
As per league policy, the CFL does not announce the dollar amount of fines, discipline related to dress code violations, teams, staff or involving players who have been released.<\/p>\n
The maximum allowable fine under the current collective bargaining agreement with the CFL Players Association is half the value of one game cheque.<\/p>\n
Nine Sask. officials on CFL roster<\/p>\n
Nine Saskatchewan-based penalty-callers have made the CFL\u2019s 47-person officiating roster for the 2026 season, with Saskatoon\u2019s Tim Kroeker leading the seniority list at 309 games called according to the league news release issued Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Kroeker is followed in seniority by Regina\u2019s Blair Brown (190 games), Prince Albert\u2019s Troy Semenchuk (158 games), Saskatoon\u2019s Walt Hawrysh (143 games) and Saskatoon\u2019s Iain Cropper (107 games).<\/p>\n
The other four Saskies donning the stripes this season are Regina\u2019s Ryan Stark (89 games), Regina\u2019s Dan Mulvihill (85 games), Saskatoon\u2019s Mike Ciona (83 games) and Regina\u2019s Dan Fleischhaker (17 games).<\/p>\n
Pre-gaming in Riderville<\/p>\n
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced two new pre-game fan experiences for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
The first will be known as Riderland Park, with free family-friendly activities ranging from live music and bounce castles to face-painting, photo opportunities, autograph signings and outdoor games including dodgeball and cornhole.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the June 13 season opener, fans will also have the chance to get their photo taken with the Grey Cup before last season\u2019s championship banner is raised.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan has also announced its tailgate zone, located south of Regina\u2019s Brandt Centre and west of Mosaic Stadium, will be open to pedestrian traffic before games with an adjacent beer garden for those who choose to celebrate in that way prior to Riders home games.<\/p>\n
“As a club, we are always looking for ways to make Rider game day even more memorable for our fans,” team president and CEO Craig Reynolds said in a news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary Stampeders offensive lineman D\u2019Antne Demery has been fined for striking Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive lineman Desmond Evans during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,243030,82],"class_list":["post-715685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-cflsaskatchewan-roughriders","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715685","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=715685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}