Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
63/100
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Rookie quarterback Bryson Barnes led the Ottawa Redblacks to a 40-39 victory over the Toronto Argonauts on Friday in his first CFL start, snapping the team’s 22-game losing skid.
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Barnes → lead → skid
Barnes completed 27 of 37 passes for 335 yards and two touchdowns to Ayden Eberhardt for the Redblacks (1-16).
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Barnes → complete → Redblacks
Nick Arbuckle led the way for the Argonauts (9-8) going 26-for-34 for 305 yards, two TDs and one interception after Chad Kelly left the game midway through the first quarter.
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Kelly → lead → quarter
Kelly was apparently hurt after he was brought down by Ottawa defensive end Luiji Vilain.
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he → hurt → Vilain
Toronto took a 39-33 lead with 30 seconds left to play but Barnes was poised, putting together a three-play drive and connected with Eberhardt for a 24-yard touchdown to tie the game.
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Barnes → take → game
Paul Geelen gave Ottawa the lead with the convert with six seconds remaining.
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Geelen → give → seconds
With time winding down and Ottawa leading 33-31 Khazir Brown intercepted Arbuckle to regain possession at the Ottawa 27.
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Brown → wind → 27
The Redblacks were unable to capitalize and had to punt.
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Redblacks → capitalize → ?
On the following drive the Argos got down field and Isaiah Smith ran in a four-yard touchdown and added the two-point conversion to take a 39-33 lead with 30 seconds remaining.
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Smith → follow → seconds
Ottawa took a 33-24 lead on Barnes’s first CFL touchdown pass, to Eberhardt, but Arbuckle answered right back with a 34-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Mital with three minutes remaining to pull Toronto within two, 33-31.
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minutes → take → two
The third quarter saw Arbuckle put together an impressive 3:30 drive that culminated with a 28-yard touchdown pass to Mital and a two-point conversion to tie things 24-24.
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that → see → things
Paul Geelen put Ottawa back in front with a 51-yard field goal.
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Geelen → put → goal
The Redblacks overcame a disastrous start to take a 23-16 lead at the half.
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Redblacks → overcome → half
Ottawa went two-and-out on their first possession, with Barnes taking a sack before Derek Slywka blocked the ensuing punt and Ethan John returned it 16 yards for a Toronto touchdown.
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John → go → touchdown
Barnes was unfazed and responded with a seven-play, 66-yard drive and Daniel Adeboboye ran in a one-yard touchdown.
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Adeboboye → unfaze → touchdown
Ottawa added a 20-yard field goal to take a 10-6 first quarter lead.
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Ottawa → add → lead
Toronto regained the lead with Arbuckle under centre.
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Toronto → regain → centre
Arbuckle put together an eight-play, 70-yard drive that ended with Cam Porter’s one-yard touchdown run before Ottawa tied the game 13-13 on a 40-yard field goal.
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Ottawa → put → goal
The Argonauts were back in front on Lirim Hajrullahu’s 43-yard field goal, but Barnes answered right back and had Ottawa back in the red zone setting up Adeboboye’s second touchdown of the half, a three-yard run after he found an open lane.
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he → answer → lane
Ottawa closed out the half with a 53-yard field goal.
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Ottawa → close → goal
Up next
Toronto: Hosts the Montreal Alouettes on Oct. 23.
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Toronto → host → Oct.
Ottawa: Visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Oct. 24 to close out the season.
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Ottawa → visit → season
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 16, 2026.
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report → publish → Press
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