{"id":953216,"date":"2026-10-31T14:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T14:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953216\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T14:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T14:06:28","slug":"edmonton-elks-extend-gm-ed-herveys-contract-after-worst-to-first-turnaround-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953216\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks extend GM Ed Hervey\u2019s contract after worst-to-first turnaround | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793455588_757_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Elks vice-president of football operations and general manager Ed Hervey speaks during a press conference in Edmonton on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. The Elks announced a contract extension for Hervey on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jason Franson<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tOct 30, 2026 | 9:28 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>EDMONTON \u2014 Ed Hervey has helped engineer another turnaround in Edmonton, and the Elks are keeping their general manager around for the \u201cforeseeable future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CFL club announced Friday it has signed its vice-president of football operations and general manager to a contract extension but did not disclose terms of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Hervey, who began his second stint overseeing Edmonton\u2019s football operations in November 2024, has guided the Elks\u2019 rise from the bottom of the West Division to first place with a 13-5 record this season.<\/p>\n<p>The turnaround comes after Edmonton missed the playoffs for six consecutive seasons. Only 18 players remain from the roster Hervey inherited when he returned to the helm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks vice-president of football operations and general manager Ed Hervey speaks during a press conference in Edmonton&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,23752,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-953216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-edmonton","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\/953216","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=953216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}