Struggle to fund broadcast news highlighted at heritage committee meeting on C-18
Minister Rodriguez to appear at CHPC on C-18 By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – Earlier today, the House of Commons heritage committee held its third meeting on Bill C-18, the Online News […]
SaskTel, Whitecap Dakota First Nation partner on smart water management project
REGINA — SaskTel and Whitecap Dakota First Nation (WDFN) announced today a pilot project to enhance the Indigenous community’s management of critical water resources with smart technologies. “Utilizing SaskTel’s LoRaWAN […]
First Peoples Radio announces layoffs at Ottawa, Toronto stations
OTTAWA and TORONTO — First Peoples Radio, a not-for-profit broadcast company that operates 95.7 ELMNT FM in Ottawa and 106.5 ELMNT FM in Toronto, announced last week it has laid […]
Governments of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador invest $231,000 to connect 664 rural homes
WABUSH and LABRADOR CITY, NL — The governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador announced today $231,756 in combined funding for Community Recreation Rebroadcasting Service Association (CRRS) to bring high-speed […]
Telus Business launches online platform to support small business owners
VANCOUVER — Telus Business announced today the launch of ShopWithOwners.ca, a new online platform designed to support entrepreneurs and to help connect Canadians to local businesses. Some of the small […]
Google criticisms of C-18 resonate with Canadians, survey commissioned by search engine says
Survey also shows few Canadians are following C-18 CANADIANS ARE NOT very familiar with the Bill C-18, the Online News Act, but after hearing about Google’s concerns, most still want […]
CRTC decision on Telus request to implement credit card surcharge delayed
OTTAWA – Telus may have to wait until the beginning of December for a decision from the CRTC on its application to amend its general tariff so it can start […]
Crave to debut Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World
TORONTO — Bell Media’s Crave announced today its new original competition series Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World will premiere Friday, Nov. 18 at 9 p.m. ET. The six-part […]
Rogers/Shaw: Headed to mediation with Competition Bureau (again)
OTTAWA – Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications and Videotron are headed to mediation with the Competition Bureau at the end of the month, the Competition Tribunal confirmed today. Earlier this year, […]
QPlay launches co-marketing initiative with InPlay Cricket app and CricketNews.com
TORONTO and MUMBAI — QYou Media Inc. announced today The Q India and its recently announced app QPlay have secured a co-marketing agreement with cricket predictive app InPlay Cricket and […]