Provincial rivalry gets pre-season preview for Eskimos and Stampeders

The Battle of Alberta didn’t get to play itself out on the Grey Cup stage last year.
While the Calgary Stampeders did their part to get to the championship final after finishing one win shy of tying the CFL record for 16 wins in a season set by the Edmonton Eskimos in 1989, their northern counterparts fell one win short of representing the East Division in a crossover.
While Sunday’s pre-season showdown doesn’t carry nearly the same weight, the rivalry showcased at Commonwealth