{"id":879533,"date":"2026-09-01T14:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/879533\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:04:17","slug":"murray-wood-a-daunting-achievement-that-says-a-lot-about-the-cfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/879533\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray Wood: A \u2018daunting\u2019 achievement that says a lot about the CFL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murray Wood delivers sharp, insightful commentary with a blend of wit, skepticism and straight talk. Whether he\u2019s exposing political maneuvering, celebrating cultural icons or unpacking life\u2019s everyday quirks, he never holds back.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/p>\n

Listen to more commentary from Murray Wood:<\/p>\n

Mon., Aug. 31<\/a>: The Saskatchewan Roughriders had to battle from behind to beat the Toronto Argonauts, but they did. Murray Wood says the win should ease some nervousness about the banged-up Green Machine.<\/p>\n

Fri., Aug. 28<\/a>: Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week\u2019s news and decides who\u2019s hot\u2026 and who\u2019s not. This week\u2019s list includes the garden harvest, loud motorcycles and the return to school for kids.<\/p>\n

Thurs., Aug. 27<\/a>: Premier Scott Moe is jacking the price of U.S.liquor with a tax that mirrors U.S. tariffs on Canadian alcohol. Murray Wood says the proof, presumably, will be in the sales figures.<\/p>\n

Wed., Aug. 26<\/a>: Murray Wood says Canadians may be angry at U.S. leadership, but like almost everyone else in the world, they loved American icon Dolly Parton. How could you not?<\/p>\n

Mon., Aug. 24<\/a>: The Wall Street Journal writes that the trade war between Canada and the U.S. just got dumber. Murray Wood says the U.S. really doesn\u2019t \u201cget\u201d Canadians on a fundamental level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Murray Wood delivers sharp, insightful commentary with a blend of wit, skepticism and straight talk. Whether he\u2019s exposing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":879534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-879533","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-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879533","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=879533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}