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CWC Gala set for February 26th

TORONTO – The Ottawa Congress Centre will once again play host to over 600 VIPs, industry leaders and government representatives attending the Canadian Women in Communications 2008 Annual Awards… Continue Reading

BCE refutes media speculation

MONTREAL – In a terse statement released this afternoon, BCE Inc. categorically denied recent media reports suggesting the giant telco and its buyers were renegotiating terms of their multi-billion-dollar… Continue Reading

Telus lays out ’08 growth targets

VANCOUVER – Canada’s second-largest telco Telus is predicting its recent history of record growth in revenue and earnings per share will continue in 2008, despite a bit of a… Continue Reading

Shaw will comply on HD substitution

OTTAWA – Shaw Communications has told the CRTC it will implement high definition simultaneous substitution as the Commission has previously told it to. A December 7th letter to the… Continue Reading

COMMENTARY: Keep It Canadian

IN 2003, WHEN THE HOUSE of Commons Heritage Committee issued the “Our Cultural Sovereignty” report (better known as the Lincoln Report) it recommended that “the existing foreign ownership limits… Continue Reading

Upopolis keeping sick kids connected

HAMILTON – Kids’ Health Links Foundation, McMaster Children’s Hospital and Telus today announced the launch of Upopolis.com, the first secure online social network for kids in hospital care. (Ed… Continue Reading