VANCOUVER — In response to the state of emergency in British Columbia due to recent flooding, Rogers Communications announced last week it is donating $1 million to B.C. Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) through a new multi-year partnership.
The donation will provide “immediate and long-term support to critical search and rescue services in B.C.,” reads a Rogers press release issued last Friday.
It will also support BCSARA’s legacy fund as well as “new technology and specialized equipment for the 79 local teams and 3,000 professional volunteers, all of whom have been called upon to conduct air, swift water, and marine rescues…
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MCQUADE, NB – Rogers Communications announced today it is investing $1.5 million to connect 320 homes and businesses along Route 490, near McQuade, New Brunswick to high-speed Internet.
This will involve expanding Rogers’s fibre network across 30 kms. The company expects construction to be finished by the end of next year.
“Once completed, residents and businesses will have access to the full suite of services including Rogers Ignite Internet with speeds of up to 1.5 gigabit per second and Rogers leading IPTV service, Ignite TV,” a press release says.
“Rogers network investments, which have exceeded $60 billion over the past three decades,…
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GATINEAU – Despite attempts to delay it, the CRTC hearing into Rogers Communications Inc.’s application to acquire Shaw Communications Inc.’s broadcast assets will begin Monday, Nov. 22 at 9 a.m. MT/11 a.m. ET.
“Edward Rogers, Brad Shaw and members of their respective executive and regulatory teams will be appearing on next weeks panel,” a Rogers spokesperson confirmed with Cartt.ca via email.
The CRTC announced this morning the hearing will be held in a hybrid format and as such, only parties appearing in person will be allowed in. It will be available to watch on the CRTC’s website.
Throughout the week,…
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Natale and board unable to reach “mutually agreeable arrangement.” Search is on for permanent replacement
TORONTO – Joe Natale is out as CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) effective immediately, RCI announced Tuesday night.
Tony Staffieri has been appointed interim president and CEO, a press release says. Staffieri is also a candidate for the permanent position, which RCI’s board is now looking to fill, according to the release.
“On behalf of the Rogers family, the Board and our 24,000 team members across the country, I thank Joe for his leadership and contributions to our company, including paving the way for our…
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VANCOUVER — Rogers Communications and the University of British Columbia (UBC) announced today they are renewing their 5G research partnership for an additional four years.
This new $4.8-million partnership for 5G research and development projects “will challenge researchers at UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses and Rogers to develop, explore and test new made-in-Canada 5G capabilities in areas such as wildfire management, human teleoperations and emergency response that will help save lives and support the province,” reads a press release.
Rogers and UBC first announced a three-year 5G collaboration in September 2018, when they partnered to build a 5G hub on…
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TORONTO — Rogers Communications announced today it has awarded Ted Rogers Community Grants to 90 Canadian organizations across 40 communities that provide critical support programs in education, skills training, mentorship, job skills and community leadership to help young people achieve their highest potential.
“With more funding across more communities this year than ever before, Rogers is proud to have awarded nearly 400 Ted Rogers Community Grants since launching the program in 2017,” a press release reads.
Rogers has expanded its grant criteria to include funding for programs that support older youth in their 20s who faced educational and employment challenges due to…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC has officially denied the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and National Pensioners Federation’s (PIAC-NPF) procedural request to delay the hearing into the broadcast side of the deal between Rogers and Shaw.
PIAC-NPF had requested the hearing be delayed because of uncertainty around who was on the company’s board of directors, which arose when Edward Rogers, as chair of the Rogers Control Trust, decided to change five directors by written resolution – a move the company said was not valid. The matter ended up in front of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
In letters sent…
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VANCOUVER – Rogers Group of Funds and Creative BC today announced plans for a $1 million fund to support Indigenous creators in British Columbia.
The purpose of the fund is to “help increase access and representation for Indigenous producers and Indigenous-led production companies in B.C.’s domestic motion picture industry,” a press release says.
By doing so, “it is to contribute to strong foundations that can serve to help correct the systemic and historic underrepresentation of Indigenous stories and storytellers in Canada’s screen sector.”
The fund’s first program, a collaborative partnership with the Indigenous Screen Office, opens today. It delivers “a top-up to…
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COAST SALISH TERRITORY, VANCOUVER — B.C.’s Coastal First Nations (CFN) and Rogers Communications announced today a partnership agreement to support the growth of a conservation-based economy through improved connectivity for underserved, rural and Indigenous communities, as well as to advance CFN’s environmental stewardship work through technology and academic research.
The partnership includes several initiatives that will be announced between today and into 2022, says a press release.
One of the first initiatives will see Rogers build five new cell towers to provide more than 100 kilometres of new service coverage along Highway 16 from Masset through Port Clements to Queen Charlotte,…
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WINNIPEG — Rogers Communications announced today it has expanded its personalized mobile retail experience Rogers Pro On-the-Go to Winnipeg, marking the first time the service has been available to customers in Manitoba.
Rogers Pro On-the-Go offers “personalized one-to-one support and phone delivery to Rogers wireless subscribers as soon as the same day, at no extra cost,” reads a press release.
As part of the service, the Rogers Pro “will hand-deliver the device and guide customers step by step on how to set it up, while also helping to transfer applications, contacts and photos, and set up email, all based on their…
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