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The hockey club says Ottawa Public Health, the City of Ottawa and the provincial government will be overseeing final event plans, to ensure the safety of all participants.

Less than 24 hours after members of the eight remaining teams taking part in the league's restart decided to postpone playoff games scheduled for Thursday and Friday following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin last weekend, Marchand made it clear lip-biting on issues like systemic racism and social justice is over.

More than 50,000 people attended the event in 2017, where Sung Hyun Park earned a two-shot victory in Ottawa.

Due to COVID-19, the team's first season consisted of a handful of games as part of the CEBL Summer Series held in St. Catharines.

"My client is happy with the settlement, happy to put it behind him, and glad to move forward with his life," says lawyer Charles Desmond.

The move comes after the CFL couldn't solve a number of issues in an effort to try to salvage a season.

"To be able to sign players of James and Ted Chapelhow's calibre shows everyone how appealing our project is," says Ottawa coach Laurent Frayssinous.

The OHL says it hopes to play a 64-game season, four fewer games than usual, despite starting more than two months later than its traditional late September opening date.

Gilmore joins French international halfback Louis Jouffret on the Ottawa roster.

Henderson, who has played a rigorous schedule since turning pro in 2015, has enjoyed the break.