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WINNIPEG – Dave Dickenson likes to say that any team in the CFL can beat any other team, but that it’s always a couple of key plays that are the difference between winning and losing.

On Thursday night in Winnipeg, it was the Blue Bombers (6-2) who came up with the big plays. It was enough to secure them a 26-24 win over Dickenson’s Calgary Stampeders (5-3) and give the Bombers sole possession of first place in the CFL’s West Division.

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On a short week and playing with their backup quarterback Nick Arbuckle, you could make an argument that keeping it so close should be looked at as a moral victory for the Stampeders.

The Stamps refused to see it that way, though.

“Not really encouraging on a loss,” Dickenson said. “I do think if you have a loss, you’d better learn from it and make sure next time you get in that situation you at least play a little bit better. We feel we can play with anybody but we’re no better than anybody else. We’re fighting hard, I think you saw our guys believe in what we can do and they fought right until the end.