TORONTO – The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) today welcomed Shaw Communications Inc. as a partner in its Legacy Schools program.
DWF’s Legacy Schools program is “designed to empower students to be leaders in reconciliation and foster meaningful conversations about the true history of Canada’s residential schools,” a press release says.
“With the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation taking place on Sept. 30, this new partnership with Shaw will help more students and educators in Alberta and British Columbia access the Legacy Schools program throughout the 2021/22 school year.”
Last year the program grew nearly 40%.
As of July…
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TORONTO – Canadian media mogul and philanthropist Allan Slaight died on Sunday in his Toronto home. He was 90 years old.
The announcement was made Monday by family friend David Ben, according to news reports.
Slaight, who was born in Galt, Ont. in 1931, started out as a news reporter and announcer in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1948, an article written by J. Lyman Potts for the Canadian Communications Foundation says.
This was the start of a storied career.
Over the course of his decades long career in media, Slaight held news and announcing roles at stations including CFRN, CJCA and CHED in…
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GATINEAU – Major concerns have been raised about the broadcasting side of the proposed Rogers/Shaw deal, which is currently being reviewed by the CRTC.
Individuals and organizations had until last Monday to send in their submissions in response to the Commission’s call for comments on Rogers’ application to the CRTC on behalf of Shaw to acquire Shaw’s licensed broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs), Shaw Direct, Shaw Broadcast Services and Shaw Pay-Per-View.
Bell, Telus, Independent Broadcasters Group (IBG), Cogeco, Corus, Ethnic Channels Group (ECG) and TLN, Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) and Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) are…
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By Ken Kelley
Evoking the name of founder Ted Rogers, Rogers CEO Joe Natale said he sees a certain irony in Bell Canada filing its opposition to his company’s impending tie-up with Shaw on broadcast grounds.
“In Rogers’ 60-year history, we’ve always been the challenger, and in many ways, kind of standing up against the larger players in the market, the challenger to Bell on many fronts,” Natale said, speaking at BMO’s virtual Media and Telecom Conference on Tuesday.
“And there’s a high degree of irony in Bell looking at us as being a bigger player. Ted Rogers is probably smiling…
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Meeting notes show pole replacement and refurbishment listed as significant barrier, but it’s about speed
By Ahmad Hathout
TORONTO – Rogers and Cogeco were among several internet service providers that met with stakeholders in the Ontario government in November 2020 to address wireline pole attachment issues in the province – but the rates to attach equipment were not identified as a significant barrier, according to notes from the meeting obtained by Cartt.ca.
At around $43 per attachment, per pole, Ontario has the country’s highest cost to attach telecommunications equipment on the wood poles, which run along highways and are a primary alternative…
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FREDERICTON and OSHAWA, Ont. — Bell Canada announced today the expansion of its pure fibre Internet service in several communities in New Brunswick as well as urban and rural areas of Oshawa, Ont.
The New Brunswick communities include Lamèque, Miscou Centre, Saint-Raphäel-sur-Mer, Haut-Shippagan, Le Goulet and Pigeon Hill.
“Part of Bell’s accelerated capital investment in national next-generation network infrastructure, the expansion program will bring all-fibre broadband access to approximately 4,600 locations in the Acadian Peninsula by the end of 2021,” reads a press release.
In Oshawa, Bell says it has achieved “a major milestone”, having expanded its all-fibre broadband access to more than…
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IGLOOLIK, Nunavut — Inuit-owned TV channel Uvagut TV announced today it will provide live coverage of the Federal Leaders’ Debate in the Inuktitut language this Thursday, starting at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Lucy Tulugarjuk, managing director of Uvagut TV, will host special coverage of the debate and former Nunavut premier and speaker of the Legislative Assembly Paul Quassa (above) will provide pre-debate commentary and insight.
The debate will stream live with an Inuktitut voice-over and will be rebroadcasted on Saturday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. ET with additional post-debate comments from Tulugarjuk and Quassa, says a press release.
“Many Inuit will be listening…
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VANCOUVER and OSHAWA, Ont. — Telus and GM Canada announced today they have signed a multi-year agreement to connect GM’s next-generation vehicles to Telus’s 5G network.
This is the first time GM has chosen a domestic communications company to provide connected-vehicle services to Canadian customers, according to a press release.
The first GM cars and trucks with built-in connectivity to Telus’s 4G-LTE and 5G network are expected to be introduced with the 2025 model year.
“Additionally, through GM’s fifth generation rollout, current 4G LTE-equipped model year 2019 and newer vehicles will be able to migrate to the new Telus network. As a…
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WHITEHORSE — Far north telecom provider Northwestel announced today it has submitted two tariff applications to the CRTC asking for permission to increase the Internet speeds of its most popular residential fibre and cable Internet plans and to also lower the rates of these plans by $10 a month.
A subsidiary of Bell Canada, Northwestel’s Internet packages and rates are regulated by the CRTC and can only be changed with the Commission’s approval.
“The proposed changes would see download and upload speed increases and rate decreases in every residential unlimited Internet plan,” reads a Northwestel press release.
“For example, a residential Internet…
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TORONTO — Little Canada, a new attraction in downtown Toronto that celebrates the country’s sights and stories through miniature models, announced today an exclusive partnership with Shaw Communications’ Freedom Mobile.
“With the support of Freedom Mobile, Little Canada will enable visitors to explore the country’s wonders and diverse stories through a new lens, right in their own backyard,” a press release says.
“We have integrated Freedom naturally into the Little Canada attraction in a surprising and entertaining way,” Joy Evenson, director of marketing, sales and sponsorship at Little Canada told Cartt.ca in an email.
“We believe that these ground-breaking and unique activations…
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