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Telecoms tout eclipse plans after wireless networks handle increased traffic
Canada's two largest mobile carriers say bolstered capacity helped their networks handle the extra wireless traffic in hot spot regions where tens of thousands gathered to take in Monday's total solar eclipse. People use their phones to document the total solar eclipse in Niagara Falls, Ont., on Monday, April 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Lynett
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Bell Media president Sean Cohan says layoffs were necessary to reach company’s goals
Bell Media president Sean Cohan speaks at the inaugural Black Screen Office Symposium in Toronto in this Tuesday, April 2, 2024 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Black Screen Office
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Kimberly-Clark to reorganize business, incur about US$1.5-billion in related costs
U.S. manufacturer Kimberly-Clark says it is exiting the consumer facial tissue business in Canada this month. Boxes of Kleenex tissues are displayed in a pharmacy, Monday, April 19, 2021 in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark Lennihan
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Bell CEO ordered to appear at House of Commons committee over job cuts
Mirko Bibic, president and CEO of BCE and Bell Canada, speaks during a CRTC hearing in Gatineau, Que., on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. Members of Parliament have summoned Bibic to testify next month about the decision to cut thousands of jobs across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
technology
Bell installs aerial alarms to tackle copper theft, wants higher fines for such crimes
The Bell Canada logo is seen Tuesday, June 21, 2016 in Montreal. Bell Communications Inc. is facing a human rights complaint over allegations that it's failing to provide full service to its blind customers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
opinion
Jamil Jivani will fit right in with activist, populist conservatism of Poilievre
John Ibbitson
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TekSavvy ‘running on hope’ as it urges CRTC to allow wholesale fibre internet access
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has appealed a Federal Court order that internet service providers must block access to the websites of GoldTV, a company that provides pirated television online. A woman uses her computer key board to type while surfing the internet in North Vancovuer, B.C., on Wednesday, December, 19, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Rogers urges CRTC to prioritize costs of companies that build internet networks
Quebecor Media Inc. President and Chief Executive Pierre Karl Péladeau speaks to the media after appearing at the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU) on Parliament Hill January 25, 2023 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
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Bell urges conditions if CRTC mandates wholesale access, Telus awaits its next move
Bell Canada signage is pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022. The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected BCE Inc.'s request for a stay of a regulatory decision that will allow independent companies to sell internet services to their customers using its fibre network in Ontario and Quebec.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
technology
Rural internet providers divided on whether CRTC should expand wholesale fibre access
A person navigates to the online social media pages of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on a cell phone in Ottawa on Monday, May 17, 2021. The federal telecommunications regulator says it will stick to the method it uses to set wholesale rates at which Canada's large carriers provide smaller competitors with access to their services, with some tweaks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Bell layoffs were a 'garbage decision', Trudeau says
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Trudeau says Bell Media job cuts are a ‘garbage decision’
FILE - A person walks by the CTV Television Network studios in Ottawa, Quebec, Canada, on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Canada’s largest media and telecom company said Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, it is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced 4,800 layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
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Ottawa ‘extremely disappointed’ by Bell layoffs and impact on news
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Snap to lay off 10% of its global work force
FILE - The logo for Snap Inc. displayed above a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 5, 2020. Nevada’s attorney general has launched a go-it-alone legal fight accusing TikTok, Snapchat and Meta of creating what one lawsuit calls “an addiction machine” that exploits children too young to have self-control. Three lawsuits filed Tuesday, Jan.30, 2024, in state court allege the platforms put kids at risk of auto accidents, drug overdoses, suicides, eating disorders and sexual exploitation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Bell, Best Buy team up to rebrand and revamp The Source stores
A man walks past The Source store in Toronto on Monday, March 2, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Bell tells CRTC its ‘priorities are backwards’ during Online Streaming Act hearing
BCE Inc. wants the national broadcasting regulator to create a news fund that would provide financial assistance to broadcasters and require foreign streamers to contribute to the subsidy through Canadian content spending. Bell Canada signage is pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Biden pardons National Thanksgiving Turkeys while marking his 81st birthday with jokes about his age
US President Joe Biden pardons the national Thanksgiving turkey, Liberty, during a pardoning ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC on November 20, 2023. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Rogers turns on cell service at remaining TTC subway stations for its own customers
Rogers Communications Inc. says it has turned on wireless service for its own customers at all TTC subway stations, plus the tunnels between Sheppard West and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre stations. Commuters wait to take the subway at Ossington Station in Toronto on Friday, June 22, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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Bell Canada seeks appeal of network sharing decision by CRTC
The Bell Canada logo is seen in Montreal, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Bell Canada says it has acquired independent telecom provider Distributel. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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CRTC directs telephone giants to offer ‘workable’ fibre access to independent competitors
Vicky Eatrides, Chairperson and CEO of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP) on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Bell Media seeks appeal to CRTC’s renewal of broadcast licences
After asking the federal telecommunications regulator to waive local news and Canadian programming requirements for its television stations, BCE Inc.'s media arm is seeking to appeal a decision by the CRTC which renewed its broadcast licences for three more years. Bell Canada signage is pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
technology
CRTC sides with Bell in arbitration proceeding with Quebecor over MVNO data rates
BCE Inc. headquarters is seen in Montreal on Thursday August 3, 2023. Canada's telecommunications regulator has sided with BCE Inc. in a final offer arbitration proceeding between that company and Quebecor Inc. over wholesale mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) data rates.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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MuchMusic’s expansive physical videotape archive is finally going digital
2008 MuchMusic Video Awards The 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards air live on Sunday, June 15.
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Bell Media president Wade Oosterman to retire, to be replaced by Sean Cohan
Bell Canada signage is pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022. Bell Media says its president Wade Oosterman, who serves as vice-chair of parent company BCE Inc., is set to retire early next year, to be replaced by Sean Cohan who is joining the company in November. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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More TTC riders have full cellular service as Rogers allows BCE, Telus network access
A TTC user checking their phone while heading down to the subway station at College St. is photographed on Aug 21, 2023. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
opinion
The history of espionage shows how spying contributes to a free society
Jason Bell
british columbia
Two dead, four hurt in helicopter crash near Prince George, B.C.
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
Sports broadcasters under pressure to cut costs despite rising revenue
Andrew Willis
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TIFF and Bell clarify end of 28-year sponsorship partnership
A person walks past the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Bell Lightbox in the Entertainment District of Toronto, on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Bell to drop TIFF sponsorship after 28 years, sources say
A person walks past the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Bell Lightbox in the Entertainment District of Toronto, on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Federal government to intervene in Toronto subway wireless spat
François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry speaks at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference regarding the future of critical metals and investing in Canada in Toronto, Monday, March 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Bell Canada seeks to trademark blue colour used across its branding
Bell Canada head office is seen on Nun's Island, Wednesday, August 5, 2015, in Montreal. Bell Media have signed a new long-term agreement that will see it become the the exclusive Canadian broadcaster for new programming from Vice Media's network, Viceland, along with hundreds of hours of library Vice programming THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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No basis for CRTC to intervene in TTC wireless dispute: Rogers
Riders take a subway train on the Toronto Transit Commission station in downtown Toronto, Saturday, April 1, 2023. Canada's industry minister is calling on the country's biggest telecom companies to come to an agreement over wireless service in Toronto's subway system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Morning Update: Bell and Rogers challenge deal to sell MLSE stake to Canadian pension fund
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Bell and Rogers challenge deal to sell MLSE stake to Canadian pension fund
Larry Tanenbaum, right, MLSE chairman, walks on to BMO Field following a press conference in Toronto on Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Bell and MLSE have purchased the Toronto Argonauts plan to relocate the team to BMO Field. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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CRTC rejects Bell request for expedited process in seeking access to Rogers’s TTC network
Riders take a subway train on the Toronto Transit Commission station in downtown Toronto, Saturday, April 1, 2023. Canada's industry minister is calling on the country's biggest telecom companies to come to an agreement over wireless service in Toronto's subway system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston