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Lettieri nets third-period winner, Minnesota gets two key points with 3-2 win over Ottawa
Apr 2, 2024; Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; Ottawa Senators defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker (24) and Minnesota Wild center Mason Shaw (15) skate after the puck in the second period at Xcel Energy Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports
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Some bundled wireless plans not as cheap as before Rogers-Shaw merger: watchdog
Canada's competition watchdog is raising concerns about discontinued cellphone promotions in Western Canada in the wake of the Rogers-Shaw merger that it says had been helpful in bolstering competition. A person uses a cell phone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Rogers shuffles executive team after head of residential operations exits
The Rogers Communications sign is shown at the company's headquarters in Toronto, April 25, 2012. Rogers Communications Inc. topped expectations as it reported a fourth-quarter profit of $419 million and a three per cent gain in revenue compared with a year ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
theatre & performance
Tom Rooney is a darling of the Canadian stage - just don’t call him a star
Actor Tom Rooney poses after a rehearsal at Crow's Theatre in Toronto, Friday Dec. 22, 2023. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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MPs call for House study of Rogers, Bell plans to raise wireless prices
The Rogers Communications building at 333 Bloor Street East in Toronto on March 15, 2021 March 15, 2021 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Workers at Freedom Mobile unionize, ink first collective agreement
<div>Teamsters Canada says retail and call centre workers at Freedom Mobile across the country have unionized after a six-month organizing drive and negotiated their first collective agreement. A women walks past the new rebranding sign of Freedom Mobile in Toronto, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette</div>
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Rogers set to lock out technicians amid union concerns over job security
The Rogers Communications building at 333 Bloor Street East is photographed, in Toronto, on Friday, October 22, 2021. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Rogers executive Robert Dépatie to retire at the end of the year
FILE PHOTO: The Rogers Building, the green-topped corporate campus of Canadian media conglomerate Rogers Communications is seen in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 9, 2022. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo/File Photo
opinion
Competition Bureau needs to move back to real world after Rogers fiasco
Andrew Willis
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Merger court awards Rogers millions over Competition Bureau’s attempt to block Shaw merger
Telecommunications company Rogers Communications signage is pictured in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
soccer
Marta leaves Women’s World Cup with Brazil’s group-stage exit, but her legacy lives on
Brazil's forward #10 Marta waves after the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup Group F football match between Jamaica and Brazil at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, also known as AAMI Park, in Melbourne on August 2, 2023. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)
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Roughly 1,200 employees leave Rogers as part of voluntary departure program after Shaw takeover
Rogers Communications Inc. is offering voluntary departure packages to certain employees as it moves to combine with Shaw Communications Inc. following its $26-billion purchase of the carrier in April. Rogers and Shaw applications are pictured on a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Rogers CEO says Shaw integration ahead of schedule in earnings report
Rogers and Shaw applications are pictured on a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
sports
Canadian wheelchair tennis star Rob Shaw makes Wimbledon debut
NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - JULY 17: Robert Shaw of Canada competes against Bryan Barten of United States during day one of the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships at Nottingham Tennis Centre on July 18, 2018 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images for Tennis Foundation)
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Rogers offers departure packages to employees after Shaw takeover
Telecommunications company Rogers Communications signage is pictured in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Rogers has said it is committed to working with all carriers so they can provide service to their own customers through the network on the Toronto subway. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Village Wooing and Mother, Daughter experiment on, rather than with, the Shaw Festival’s audiences
Kyle Blair, Donna Soares and Julia Course as Ensemble in Village Wooing (Shaw Festival, 2023). Handout/Photo by David Cooper/Shaw festival
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Rogers cutting jobs as it integrates with Shaw
Rogers and Shaw applications are pictured on a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2022. Closing arguments are expected to continue before the Competition Tribunal today, as the organization weighs whether the $26-billion merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. should be blocked. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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The Apple Cart rocks at the Shaw Festival with Tom Rooney as a magnetic King Magnus
Tom Rooney as King Magnus with the cast members of The Apple Cart (Shaw Festival, 2023).Handout/Photo by David Cooper/Shaw Festival
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Telecom competition intensifies after Rogers deal, but trend could be short-lived
A person uses a cell phone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Freedom Mobile launches $50 plan in first step to boost competition after Rogers deal
A man enters Freedom Mobile store in Toronto on Thursday, November 24, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
theatre & performance
Not dead yet: Four Shaw Festival directors on how to get contemporary chuckles out of classic comedies
Mike Nadajewski as Weinberl and Kristi Frank as Christopher in On the Razzle (Shaw Festival, 2023). Photo by Emily Cooper.
inside the market
Practising patience and ignoring headlines: Investing in the Rogers-Shaw deal, and Canada’s new telecom landscape
Philip MacKellar
canada
Maple syrup business runs in Shaw family for 119 years
Tom Shaw checks the sugar levels of his maple syrup at Shaws in Oro-Medonte on March 11, 2023
hockey
Zuccarello scores two, Wild beat Stars to take 2-1 series lead
Minnesota Wild left wing Kirill Kaprizov (97) celebrates with right wing Mats Zuccarello (36) after Zuccarello scored a goal against the Dallas Stars during the third period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series Friday, April 21, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. The Wild won 5-1. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)
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Navdeep Bains to join Rogers as company unveils new executive team
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Navdeep Bains during a news conference Tuesday November 17, 2020 in Ottawa. A not-for-profit group that promotes public awareness of digital rights says the Trudeau government has missed an opportunity to ensure political parties come under federal privacy law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
theatre & performance
What to see at Stratford Festival and Shaw 2023
opinion
There’s no way to track the last of the Shaw mystery millions
David Milstead
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Rogers closes $20-billion Shaw takeover after two-year saga
Rogers and Shaw applications are pictured on a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2022.&nbsp;Canada's competition regulator is urging Ottawa take aim at mergers that increase market concentration by shifting the burden to the merging parties to prove why such acquisitions are unlikely to substantially reduce competition.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Rogers takeover of Shaw generates substantial fees for lawyers, financial advisers
Rogers in downtown Calgary on Friday, March 31, 2023. Ottawa is allowing Rogers to complete its $20-billion takeover of Shaw, with conditions that they say will make the deal good for consumers, including creating and maintaining 3,000 new jobs for at least 10 years, investing in enhancing its 5G network, expanding access to low-cost plans, establish western headquarters in Calgary that is to be maintained for at least 10 years, and much more. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
opinion
Promises and penalties: consumers finally have a seat at the telecom table
Andrew Willis
canada
Evening Update: Ottawa allows Rogers to complete $20-billion takeover of Shaw with conditions, financial penalties if promises not kept
Rogers and Shaw applications are pictured on a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Betting on the Rogers-Shaw deal was a no-brainer, right? Not so fast
FILE PHOTO: Ethernet cables are seen in front of Rogers and Shaw Communications logos in this illustration taken, July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustrations//File Photo
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What the Rogers takeover of Shaw means for consumers
People walk by Rogers in downtown Calgary on Friday, March 31, 2023. Ottawa is allowing Rogers to complete its $20-billion takeover of Shaw, with conditions that they say will make the deal good for consumers, including creating and maintaining 3,000 new jobs for at least 10 years, investing in enhancing its 5G network, expanding access to low-cost plans, establish western headquarters in Calgary that is to be maintained for at least 10 years, and much more. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
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Ottawa allows Rogers to complete $20-billion takeover of Shaw with conditions, financial penalties if promises not kept
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne holds up a contract between the telecoms and the federal government as he speaks at a news conference about the Rogers-Shaw merger on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, March 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Rogers takeover of Shaw set to go ahead with Industry Minister’s approval of Freedom Mobile deal
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne rises during Question Period, Wednesday, March 29, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld