CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the league used a 'crisis' to take care of some 'heavy lifting that was long overdue.'

The CFL will move a step closer to playing in Mexico next year.

Atlantic Canada's long-held dream of wooing the CFL east of Montreal has been reignited after the league confirmed it's in talks with a "professional, enthusiastic and impressive" group of prospective owners rallying for a Halifax franchise.