SWIFT CURRENT, SK

Local Penner and Wiebe gatherings will never be the same after Rider fan Julie Penner, 19, married Bomber fan Timothy Wiebe, 20, in a secret ceremony somewhere in rural Saskatchewan this afternoon.

“We’re Penners and we’ve been Riders fans ever since Grandpa Penner set up the old farmstead near Swift Current back in ’48,” said Mr. Penner. “So, to think that our young daughter could align herself with that Manitoba boy! Disgusting!”

The young lovers apparently met at last year’s Labour Day Classic, where they made covert glances at each other while their family members were enthusiastically cheering and/or booing.

“A Riders fan is like the forbidden fruit,” said Wiebe. “When we made eye contact, it was like a siren call that I couldn’t resist.”

The young bride, howeve

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