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Rogers will not appeal Friday’s B.C. Supreme Court decision

Focus now on Shaw as company tells CRTC hearing must proceed as planned TORONTO – Rogers Communications Inc. announced Sunday evening it will not seek an appeal of Friday’s British Columbia Supreme Court ruling, which settled the matter of who is actually on RCI’s board of directors. This would seem to put an end weeks of drama over who controls the company. On Friday, Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick ruled in favour of Edward Rogers, chair of the Rogers Control Trust, who was seeking orders related to the board changes he made by written resolution in late October, which were subsequently declared...