Scanlan: Weep no more for Redblacks, Grey Cup party is here

The time for Redblacks fans crying into their plaid lumberjack shirts is over.
Ottawa’s reputation for throwing a weeklong party, the 105th Grey Cup Game and Festival, is at stake. The festival, a raucous event once better known as the Grand National Drunk, officially begins Tuesday at noon with the arrival of the Grey Cup trophy at Parliament Hill. Consider it one of the few sober events of the week.
By now it’s old news, the reality that the Redblacks won’t get to defend thei