Classic Sports Moments - Going back to 2002 with a crazy CFL pre-season game with Edmonton in town
Matt Young with the best from our sports archives brings out one of the craziest endings to a 2002 Riders preseason game
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CTV News
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IN PICTURES: Here are some of the tasty treats featured at the Queen City Ex
The Queen City Ex kicked off on Wednesday. (Mick Favel / CTV News) The Queen City Exhibition (QCX) is underway, a summer staple event where fairgoers can enjoy over 40 rides, music, entertainment, and of course, food. For those who want to venture away from the usual favourites, there are a handful of different treats for people to try. Pickle fans can relish the opportunity to try the spicy dill pickle cotton candy, a fusion of zesty dill pickle with the sweetness of the cotton candy, leading to an unexpected treat, QCX organizers say. The pickle paradise continues with the option to try dill pickle mini donuts, which are dusted with pickle-infused sugar and sprinkled with fresh dill, creating 'the ultimate mashup of comfort food and zesty goodness,' according to the QCX. A couple variations of corndogs will also give fairgoers a unique tasting experience, with the opportunity to try one with a fruity pebble coating or a ketchup chip coating. Expand Autoplay 1 of 7 QCX 2025 Fairgoers can try a fruity pebble corndog at the QCX. (Photo courtesy: Queen City Exhibition) QCX 2025 Fairgoers can try a ketchup crunch corndog at the QCX. (Photo courtesy: Queen City Exhibition) QCX 2025 Fairgoers can try dill pickle mini donuts at the QCX. (Photo courtesy: Queen City Exhibition) QCX 2025 Fairgoers can try ube coconut little donuts at the QCX. (Photo courtesy: Queen City Exhibition) QCX 2025 Fairgoers can try a meatza mozza corndog at the QCX. (Photo courtesy: Queen City Exhibition) QCX 2025 Fairgoers can try a buffalo chicken poutine at the QCX. (Photo courtesy: Queen City Exhibition) QCX 2025 Fairgoers can try Dubai chocolate strawberries at the QCX. (Photo courtesy: Queen City Exhibition) A foot-long Korean cone dog is a golden-battered hot dog topped with cheese sauce, sugar, spicy mayo, sweet chili drizzle and crispy potatoes. If that's not enough, a meatza-mozza corndog should suffice, with QCX organizers calling this item a 'cheesy, meatball-stuffed masterpiece that's basically a pizza, a hot dog, and a corndog all rolled into one glorious bite.' Sticking with the cheese theme, a mac & cheese cone and a mac & cheese kebab will be offered, with the cone featuring mac and cheese in a crunchy waffle cone, and the kebab features cubes of mac and cheese served on a stick. A buffalo nachos box features tri-colour tortilla chips covered with creamy cheese sauce, buffalo kick, cool sour cream, pickled jalapenos, green onions, and assorted sweet peppers. Slow-cooked pork piled high and covered in maple BBQ sauce served with golden potato wedges and a side of maple BBQ aioli come together to form the maple BBQ pulled pork sandwich and chippers. A buffalo chicken poutine will also be available, providing a twist on the classic Canadian dish. For those with more of a sweet tooth, Dubai chocolate strawberries will be offered, which are strawberries drizzled with milk chocolate, kataifi, and pistachio cream. Ube coconut little donuts are a sweet treat infused with vanilla, fig, and pistachio for a purple look. Pete's Ice Cream Float was a special, limited-edition treat inspired by Pemmican Pete and created exclusively for the QCX. Visit the QCX website to see what vendors are offering tasty treats this year. The QCX continues until Sunday, with admission gates closing at 11 p.m.
CTV News
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‘Wonderful display': Saskatoon EX is underway
One of Saskatoon's longest-running events is in full swing. The EX is back with all the much-loved favourites, but it has also expanded in a few new ways. 'There are more rides and, in a lot of cases, bigger rides,' Peter Jelinsky, manager of signature events for Prairieland, told CTV News. 'The roller coaster is back. Some of the larger, taller rides that have never made it here before are showing up. So, there's a lot more excitement and a lot more thrills than in the past.' Eleven new rides are making their way to the midway this year. It's expanded from six to eight days this year, and not just fireworks are hitting the skies this year. 'What we've added to it is a drone show that has a wonderful display in the sky. It lasts about 10 to 12 minutes, and it's unlike anything I've ever seen. Saskatoon has never had anything like this before, so it's a first,' Jelinsky said. Saskatoon EX (Chad Hills/CTV News) Then there's all the stage entertainment. 'We've got Smash Mouth, Core Blend. We've got TLC on the main stage, and then we ended off with Saskatoon Rock, Saskatoon with the Sheepdogs and Whitesnake, both Mason doing a double bill for us on the main stage,' he said. With so many things to see and do at the EX, there's still one booth that is extra popular. It's the Spudnuts, where the secret recipe of these unique donuts is kept tightly under wraps. 'It was a group of people from the Scouts organization that actually patented the special spices, so it was their patent from their master scientists,' Sharon Odnokon, Food Manager for Prairieland, said. The flour is prepared with the spices at a plant in Edmonton, and the ingredients are top secret. While it's possible to buy Spudnut flour elsewhere, the special blend of spices used at the EX cannot. Saskatoon EX (Chad Hills/CTV News) The Scouts originally operated the Spudnut booth for 50 years but found it difficult to find enough volunteers to keep up with demand, according to Odnokon. They handed the rights to Prairieland in 1990. Ten thousand spudnuts are made daily during the EX. They are rolled by hand by a crew of about six people. Staff looks forward to their advanced tasting each year. 'Everybody's like, 'Yay, the spudnuts are here!' So that's our little perk,' she said. The weather looks good for this year's exhibition, and they're expecting about 250,000 people through the gates by the time it wraps up on August 7. There will be increased security with metal detectors for the second year. The hope is to eliminate incidents like bear spray attacks, which have affected the EX in past years. 'We've got new software for the metal detectors. They can get very specific as to what they can detect on a human being,' Jelinsky added. The measures are ensuring that guests can focus on the fun of the event.
