[MissTeeks]

Well, now I hope they don't cancel tonight:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/two-fe...game-1.4446448

It might only be a CFL exhibition game, but it will be a historic first for Emily Clarke and Georgina Paull.

The two will become the first female officials to work in a CFL game when the Calgary Stampeders host the Saskatchewan Roughriders at McMahon Stadium. Clarke, 30, of Dundas, Ont., will serve as a side judge while Paull, a 31-year-old Montreal native, will be a line judge.

"It's definitely a big moment for both of us, the league and females in general moving forward with football be it in a coaching or officiating capacity," Clarke said during a telephone interview. "I'm very excited about it.

"I'm excited about where it might take me and where it might take other females in the sport."

Paul Hackwood, the CFL's senior director of officials, said the two women were both on the league's top-30 prospects list and among the top performers at its pre-season officials camp.

"It was them, they earned this," Hackwood said. "We're really excited to get them on the field.

"We're actively trying to promote women in officiating because there's been a void. We're hopeful now that two have made it to the field here, others will see it and we'll get more signing up at the amateur level, the trickle-down effect."

Paull agrees.

"Gosh, I really do hope it gets more females into this," she said. "I'm not sure why there's not many females specifically officiating football because we have a lot in basketball now, the same with soccer and hockey.

"But for some reason football hasn't seemed to get there so I think this might really help."