TORONTO – Yesterday it was the Steelworkers, today it’s CUPE throwing its support behind the locked-out CBC employees.
CUPE (the Canadian Union of Public Employees) is Canada’s largest…
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TORONTO – An on-line survey done by music services provider Indie Pool says that over 90% of independent Canadian artists support satellite radio.
Of 568 artists who responded to…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild said Monday it has filed a complaint with the Canada Industrial Relations Board “in response to attempts to intimidate employees at Alliance Atlantis…
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EDMONTON – According to the Telecommunication Workers Union (TWU) and the B.C. and Alberta Federations of Labour, four Calgary radio stations refuse to run radio spots in support of…
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OTTAWA – Last fall a viewer in search of cartoons for the children he was babysitting came across a broadcast of RKO 281 on Bravo! and found the movie…
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TORONTO – United Steelworkers’ national director Ken Neumann said Tuesday that the CBC’s decision to lock out its 5,500 Canadian Media Guild employees is foolish and jeopardizes Canadian cultural…
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TORONTO – John Galway was named president, English-language program of the Harold Greenberg Fund today while Bryn Matthews was appointed to chairman of the board of directors.
John Riley,…
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TORONTO – Talks between the CBC and its union, the Canadian Media Guild, broke off at around 10:30 Sunday night, with no new negotiations planned.
A message on the…
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TORONTO – Quebecor Media-owned broadcaster Toronto 1 will begin the new fall 2005 season with a brand new name, borrowed from a corporate sister, www.cartt.ca has learned.
Sales…
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