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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS NTERSECTION - boomer Thursday, September 24·2:30 – 3:30pm Photos of James Deighton around the mascot room and of him in costume on Investors Group Field hamming it up for camera. Feature story on James Deighton, bombers mascot coordinator who's been playing Boomer (the tall one) for THIRTY-TWO years! While James isn't as active on game-day as he once was - there's a stable of eight people who take turns inside the bird costume - he still does a ton of promo work, visiting care homes, hospitals, businesses etc on behalf of the team - that hasn't stopped, despite the loss of the CFL season See Dave Sanderson's story. Sept 24th,, 2020