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UPDATE: Ex Super Channel employee Wry calls for Rogers boycott

EDMONTON – Using some of the most inflammatory language we’ve seen in a press release (invoking both a rodent and the seal hunt), supporters of pay TV service Super Channel are calling for people to boycott Rogers Cable.The must-carry pay channel is currently operating under creditor protection and the Allard-family-owned service recently won a victory at the CRTC, where the Regulator said Rogers wasn’t marketing the new service fairly, as we reported nearly two weeks ago.Super Channel also has a civil case pending against Rogers.But the press release, issued Tuesday evening by “The Friends of Super Channel” and lists former...