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A day in advance of the CFL’s roster cutdown deadline (Saturday at 10 p.m.), the Ottawa Redblacks announced the first set of players to be released.

Gone are receivers Tyrone Pierre (who’s from Ottawa and played at Laval), Jordan Bouah (selected in the CFL’s European draft) and Darius Powe, defensive linemen Kevin Bronson, John Sheehy and Max Valles, linebackers Charles Brousseau and Drew Morris (who’s from Ottawa), defensive backs Joe Brown, Monteze Latimore and Shamar Busby, and offensive linemen Ryan Schmidt and Jacob Czaja.

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The Redblacks, who tied the Montreal Alouettes 20-20 in a pre-season game Thursday night, open their regular season June 15 in Calgary.

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