EDMONTON – The Edmonton Eskimos 2016 season will start the same way the 2015 campaign ended: competing against the Ottawa REDBLACKS.
The Esks will host the REDBLACKS June 25 in a rematch of the Grey Cup, which Edmonton won 26-20.
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The battle of Alberta will resume Sept. 5 when Edmonton visits Calgary in their annual Labour Day match up. The two teams will go head-to-head again five days later in Edmonton.
The Eskimos will be home to the Saskatchewan Roughriders July 8 and Aug. 26, then will visit Saskatchewan Sept. 18.
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The 104th Grey Cup is in Toronto Sunday, Nov. 27.