WINNIPEG, MB

After it was discovered that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ home playoff game on Sunday December 5 was in direct conflict with the Jets game at the same time, it became immediately clear that there would need to be a change to allow Mennonites to attend an evening service and slam back a few cheese curds between games.

“We looked at the time slot and thought, ‘there’s no way Mr. Wiebe can make it all the way from IG Field to Canada Life Centre in that amount of time,” said scheduling manager Billy Kroeker. “Especially not if he has to stop by the EMBCMBGC church for some dills and a quick sermon.”

The Jets have agreed to add an extra half-hour between the two games so that people like Wiebe can down a few rolled up slices of proceeded ham between games.

“We’ve stretched it all

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