Notebook: Groulx not ready to return for Laval

• Laval injury update: Star QB Benoit Groulx and LB Steve Landry will not play in Sunday's matchup with No. 6 Bishop's. RB Pierre-Luc Yao is expected back.
  
  D-lineman Jean-Philippe Gilbert and O-lineman Luc Brodeur-Jourdain would probably be listed as "doubtful" in a NFL injury report. (From Media Matin Quebec. and some of the cisfootball.org translators.)
• Former Ottawa Gee-Gees star wideout Adam Nicolson is earning his keep on special teams for the B.C. Lions (Vancouver Sun).
• Bill Scollard, who memorably filled in at quarterback for Saint Mary's in the 1988 Vanier Cup when Chris Flynn was unable to play, is honorary chairman of the Uteck Bowl (Halifax Daily News).
• New Brunswick and Saskatchewan are ranked 1-2 in the first men's hockey Top 10 poll.
• cishoops.ca catches up with the colourful coach of the Alberta Golden Bears hoops squad, Don Horwood.