TORONTO – Former Ontario MPP Frances Lankin has taken on the role of chair of the Telus Toronto Community Board for a three year term.
The Telus Toronto Community Board…
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TORONTO – Mobilicity dropped its North American data roaming rates by 70% Monday to offer what it describes as the country’s most affordable travel rates.
The wireless upstart said that its customers…
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WATERLOO, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) will let go approximately 2,000 employees this year and make changes to its executive structure as part of a “cost optimization program”,…
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LOS GATOS, CA – While Netflix’s growth in Canada has been remarkable, its second quarter subscriber numbers fell just short of its earlier prediction of a million customers by…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is expected to hand down its decision on group-based licence renewals for English-language television groups this week, Cartt.ca has learned.
After a week-long public hearing in…
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HALIFAX – EastLink is throwing its hat into the competitive world of wireless starting next year.
Vice-president of marketing Dan MacDonald told Cartt.ca on Monday that after buying up spectrum…
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WATERLOO, ON – The BlackBerry PlayBook has become the first tablet certified for use by the U.S. government.
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion said that it was granted Federal Information Processing…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Toronto will be getting a third area code within the next two years, the CRTC confirmed Friday.
Area code 437 will begin in March 2013 and will…
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VANCOUVER – Longtime television host Elwy Yost died at his home in West Vancouver on Thursday. He was 86.
Yost, pictured, was best known as the witty host of programs…
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MONTREAL – Bell has donated $250,000 to the Humanitarian Coalition for its famine relief efforts in East Africa.
The Humanitarian Coalition’s members – CARE Canada, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Québec, Plan Canada and…
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