The Canadian Football League and its players' union have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract, ending the second strike in CFL history.

The contract must still be ratified by both the CFL board of governors and the CFL Players' Association.

"We will inform the league that we have approved a Memorandum of Agreement and that we have ended our strike," the union said in a memo to its membership. "We believe the clubs will want to start training camp soon and players should expect to hear from them."

The new collective bargaining agreement comes four days after players with seven of the league's nine teams did not show up for the start of training camp.