By Connie Thiessen
Nadir Mohamed, who served as president and CEO of Rogers Communications from 2009 to 2013, has passed away at the age of 69.
Mohamed first joined Rogers in 2000, serving as president and CEO of Rogers Wireless from 2001 to 2005, when he was appointed president and chief operating officer of Rogers. In 2009, he succeeded Ted Rogers as president and CEO of the company.
Rogers said in an announcement that during his tenure, Mohamed “strengthened Rogers balance sheet, solidified its financial position and set Rogers up for long-term success.”
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Nadir,” said Executive Chair Edward…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers is challenging a decision by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) that found it responsible for ensuring the safety of contractor workers following the death of a man working on one of its towers in Minden, Ontario.
The memorandum, filed in the Federal Court of Appeal Friday and that expounds on a notice it submitted earlier this year, challenges the decision that found Rogers was responsible for ensuring the safety of the 30-year-old employee who, in January 2022, fell approximately 400 feet while installing a new antenna near the top of the tower.
The…
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Ericsson Canada announced Wednesday the extension of its long-standing collaboration with Montreal’s Concordia University through a newly awarded NSERC Alliance grant.
“This new five-year project will focus on advancing research to enhance secure cloud-native telecommunications networks, a critical step forward in ensuring the resilience of mobile networks as part of Canada’s national infrastructure, and further positioning Ericsson as a trusted partner,” an Ericsson press release said.
The program will foster Canadian technology talent by creating 16 new graduate research positions, the release said, adding the research “will engage industry experts from Ericsson, Concordia…
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Bell and Simon Fraser University (SFU) announced Tuesday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on advancing Canada’s artificial intelligence (AI) and sovereign supercomputing ecosystem.
Under the agreement, Bell and SFU will work to expand the Cedar Supercomputing Centre (CSC), home to Canada’s fastest and most powerful academic supercomputer, located at SFU’s campus in Burnaby, B.C. The CSC specializes in handling secure and sensitive data, “making it a critical resource for Canadian researchers, industry, and government working on cutting-edge AI applications,” says a Bell press release.
Through the planned expansion…
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Canadian producer Dominic Ewenson on Tuesday announced the official launch of French Toast Films, a full-service production company based in Hamilton, Ont., which he says is dedicated to championing bold, diverse voices and globally resonant stories.
The production company launches with its debut project, the horror feature Lice, for which it provided service production for actor Kevin Connolly’s U.S.-based ActionPark Media. The film stars Connolly alongside Emile Hirsch and Justin Long and is currently in post-production. It follows a deadly outbreak of lice at a Long Island high school in the 1980s, during which the…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Cogeco and Eastlink are challenging cabinet’s decision not to intervene in the CRTC’s refusal to exclude the three largest telecommunications companies from accessing the internet networks of their competitors.
The basis of the judicial review request is simple: that cabinet, through the recommendation of Industry Minister Melanie Joly, allegedly did not provide the legally required justification for declining their petition to reverse a policy that they say creates an “existential” threat to their businesses.
“Instead of explaining and justifying its decision to sit on the sidelines, the had a Minister send out…
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Telus announced Wednesday it has partnered with Korean budget telecom provider FreeTelecom to launch the FreeTelecom Dual Plan, allowing customers to access both Korean and Canadian mobile services on a single device.
Calling it “an industry-first mobile solution,” Telus said in a press release the service offers significant cost savings compared to traditional international roaming. Built on Telus’s network, the service “addresses the unique connectivity needs of Korean residents, working holiday, students, and business travelers who spend time in both countries,” Telus said.
This strategic partnership with Telus makes FreeTelecom the first Korean…
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Telefilm Canada on Tuesday announced The Things You Kill is representing Canada in the nomination process for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards, to be held on March 15, 2026.
Directed, written and produced by Alireza Khatami, The Things You Kill is co-produced by Tell Tall Tale, Fulgurance, Remora Films, Lava Films, Band With Pictures and Sineaktif. It is being distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media, with international sales being handled by Best Friend Forever.
Khatami is a Canadian writer, director and producer, born into the indigenous Khamse tribe in southeast Iran. The…
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By Connie Thiessen
WildBrain has announced it’s ending its broadcast channel business, including Family Channel, Family Jr., WildBrainTV and Télémagino.
The kids’ and family entertainment purveyor said it has been unable to negotiate a new carriage agreement with Rogers to carry the aforementioned channels after the CRTC found the cable giant wasn’t subjecting them to an undue disadvantage. WildBrain says Rogers has subsequently told it that it intends to remove the channels from its distribution service in the coming months. Together with its failure to secure a similar deal with Bell following a similar CRTC decision, WildBrain’s Continue Reading
A consortium of federal creative organizations is partnering to prioritize and harmonize the measurement and collection of audience data to better understand and amplify Canadian stories.
Telefilm, the Canada Media Fund (CMF), the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) said Thursday that the new audience data initiative is a “concerted audience-centred approach” that will “inform more effective strategies for reaching audiences, increasing the impact of the richness and diversity of Canadian and Indigenous stories —whether in feature films, television, documentaries, or animated films— and ensuring its discoverability across digital platforms and cinemas,” a press…
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