The CRTC has decided to look at whether the town of Yellowknife, NWT can support another FM radio station. The commission announced Thursday that it is calling on all interested parties to file an application. Last May, 506992 N.W.T. Ltd. – operating as Cabin Radio –...
The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) will receive permanent government funding to support Indigenous-led audiovisual storytelling, Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge announced on Thursday. The support includes $65 million spread out over the next five years,...
As copper prices increase, BCE Inc. is enhancing its security around its...
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...
Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Communications Inc. announced Monday morning that president and CEO Philippe Jetté is retiring immediately from the companies and will be replaced by Frédéric Perron. Perron was most recently president of...
Beanfield Technologies Inc. has hired Chris Adamkowski as its new SVP of commercial services, the company announced Thursday. “I am thrilled to be joining Beanfield and contributing to the mission of connecting communities...
Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings continued her tour doling out cash from the Universal Broadband Fund. Wednesday saw her in Thompson, Man. handing out $7.5 million for internet and mobile connectivity. The money will allow Broadband Communications...
The governments of Canada and Alberta announced Tuesday that they are...
Monday the federal government and the government of British Columbia joined...
Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Groupe TVA has reached an agreement with CUPE local 687, which represents...
The Government of Canada announced Friday that it...
A member of the Independent Senators Group is questioning why penalties for...
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge announced Friday an...
CBC/Radio-Canada and the Canadian Media Guild have inked a tentative labour...
The Competition Bureau announced...
A Quebec senator is calling for the government to increase its spending in newspapers and magazines. During Wednesday’s Question Period, Independent Senators Group member Tony Loffreda said Canada’s press is in crisis. “Last month, the government published its 2022-23 annual report on the Government of Canada’s advertising activities, and we learned that the government spent over $86 million on advertising. Of the $67 million expenditures made by the Agency of...
Canada has joined nine other nations to promote the development of next generation telecommunications...
The government has named Natalie Théberge as vice-chair at the CRTC, it was announced Thursday. Her...
The CRTC is upset with Telus Corp. over its proposal to eliminate home...
Telus Corp. announced Tuesday that it is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Samsung...
The CRTC will initiate public consultation on Canada's Online News Act, formerly known as Bill C-18, next month. The act aims, which aims to facilitate fair commercial agreements between Canadian news organizations and major online platforms, was passed into law in June...
The CRTC has declined an application from BCE...
The CRTC announced Monday an expansion in forbearance from regulating...
Telus Corp. reported a 17 per cent increase in...
The CRTC has denied an application by TerreStar Solutions Inc. for a stay...
Telus Corp. is being called upon by the CRTC to justify its proposal to...
Stingray Group Inc. saw an increase in growth and revenue as it issued its third quarter results on...
Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc., a subsidiary...
Cogeco Inc. announced Monday that Cogeco Connexion is acquiring an...
CBC/Radio Canada has been ordered to pay costs after it lost a case over ministerial mandate letters in Ontario. Several groups, including APTN, the Canadian Association of...
The Bloc Québécois is calling for CBC/Radio-Canada to have its funding...
The Government of Canada is supporting Canadian feature films and television productions by investing...
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...
Corus Entertainment Inc. announced Monday its plans to restructure its original content leadership team...
A 911 operator in Calgary has had three charges laid against her in a corruption investigation, local police have said. Mariana Buonincontri was arrested on Thursday and will appear in court on March 7. Calgary police first became aware in December 2022 that sensitive...
CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides has promised to look into recent problems with...
The access dispute between BCE Inc. and the owner of a multi-dwelling unit (MDU) in Kitchener, Ontario continues as Bell stands by its claims that it is blocking the company from accessing its facilities. Bell’s response in the Part 1 proceeding, filed last Friday, said that although the MDU owner claims to acknowledge...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) unveiled its Strategic Plan...
As it gears up to launch several public consultations aimed at modernizing...
Ericsson AB and Telus Corp. have linked up to roll out a 5G standalone network, it was announced Monday....
Best Buy Canada Ltd. and BCE Inc. have joined forces to rebrand 165 small-format consumer electronics stores under the banner "Best Buy Express." The Source (formerly Radio Shack), a wholly-owned...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Wednesday the...
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) has joined up with other...
The governments of Canada and British Columbia have announced a joint outlay of $600,000 to roll out high-speed internet in that province. The move is part of a previously-announced agreement to invest $830 million to bring broadband to all parts of the province....
CBC/Radio-Canada will not be permitted to appeal a lower court’s ruling...
Cogeco Inc. is partnering with Quickplay to adopt their cloud-native OTT platform, the company announced in a Tuesday press release. The collaboration will offer Cogeco Media's five million listeners...
The CRTC’s interim vice-chair of broadcasting and commissioner for Quebec, Alicia Barin, stepped down...
The Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) has...
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry is calling on Canadian wireless companies to abandon plans to increase their rates. François-Philippe Champagne released a...
Terago Inc. announced the appointment of Jason Toledano as its new CFO, effective last Tuesday. The telecommunications industry veteran succeeds Phil Jones, who is...
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has launched a group of satellites which will facilitate...
The Canadian Telecommunications Contribution...
The CRTC has told several telecommunications providers it will not be able...
BCE Inc. customers in New Brunswick have been without telephone and...
Rogers Communications Inc. has activated three...
A coalition of 30 individuals and civil society groups have released an...
The current and past Minister of Canadian Heritage were loath to endorse...
Rogers Communications Inc. has divested itself of all of its shares in Cogeco Inc. and its subsidiary Cogeco Communications Inc. The deal was announced Monday evening after the markets closed. The buyer is the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ). The...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Monday that it was providing state of the art WiFi across the prairie province. SaskTel is joining forces with Eero, a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., to deliver...
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge would not take the bait when the...
BCE Inc. has responded to a commission staff letter regarding Rogers...
The federal government made its three-digit suicide crisis helpline, 988, officially available across Canada on Thursday. According to a press release, the helpline, is now available to call or text, in English and French, 24...
The Bloc Québécois is continuing its fight for a fund to help Canadian media. After first raising the issue last Tuesday, BQ Canadian Heritage critic Martin Champoux carried on last Friday in Question Period. He pointed out that the Fall Economic Statement from the...
In a Friday statement, leaders from Canada and the European Union announced the creation of a new...
The deadline for interventions and replies to the CRTC proceedings into service in the Far North has been...
BCE Inc. has asked the CRTC for urgent relief in a dispute with a building...
In a House of Commons heritage committee meeting that was marked more by partisan feuding than for what...
As part of what it says is an effort to reduce the cost of living for...
Quebecor Inc.’s Freedom Mobile announced its new roaming plan, Roam...
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has jumped on the Artificial Intelligence bandwagon. On Nov. 20 it...
As the Federal Communications Commission in the United States announced it...
Quebecor Inc.'s Fizz went live in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, the company announced Monday morning. Fizz is currently in beta testing. The flanker brand is...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. continues to roll out its 5G...
Rogers Communication Inc.’s 5G network is now available in all remaining...
BCE Inc. announced Tuesday that in Q1 of 2024 it will be launching new data...
Telesat Corp. announced Tuesday that it has entered into a 10-plus-year...
Service was restored Friday to customers of Northwestel following a six-hour outage. The BCE Inc. company said a third-party doing construction in Yellowknife accidentally cut a fibre optic line. Phone and internet services were affected by the mishap. It began around 1...
The largest telecom lobby group and the union that represents most telecom...
Stingray Group Inc. reported a 6.3 per cent increase in revenue during its...
Kid and family entertainment company WildBrain Ltd. released its Q1 2024 results Tuesday evening,...
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Cybersecurity and data privacy were the focus of the...
The Canadian Media Guild has settled a strike against public broadcaster TV Ontario. Workers had been on...
Telesat Corp. announced its financial performance for the three month period ended Sept. 30, posting a...
Quebecor Inc.’s TVA Group announced Thursday a series of changes to cut down on operating costs, resulting in the elimination of 547 positions or 31 per cent of the company’s current workforce....
A New Brunswick senator is alarmed by the lack of francophone presence among CRTC commissioners. René...
BCE Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. have enhanced high-speed internet connectivity in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, respectively. Bell MTS has launched what it touts to be the fastest internet in Manitoba with symmetrical download and upload speeds of...
Treasury Board President Anita Anand announced Monday that the federal government is banning WeChat and Kaspersky apps from government-issued mobile devices. The ban begins immediately. Chief...
The CRTC has fined a Quebec man $40,000 for sending unwanted emails to thousands of phone numbers, it was...
Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Videotron will be locking out its unionized workers in Gatineau, Que., the...
BCE Inc. and Fox Entertainment Global have unveiled a strategic licensing and distribution partnership,...
Rogers Communications Inc. has shuttered its all-news station in the nation’s capital and laid off all its employees. CKOY-AM was known as CityNews Ottawa. There were fewer than 10 people on staff. The station went dark at 1 p.m. Thursday. “The station had ongoing...
The governments of Quebec and Canada are contributing more than $10 million in funding toward setting up non-profit organization Numana’s quantum communication test bed, which businesses and...
BCE Inc. is increasing its footprint in outdoor advertising by buying the...
Nokia Corp. has announced a series of layoffs to return it to profitability. The telecom equipment manufacturer said anywhere from 9,000 to 14,000 positions will be affected. “Nokia targets to...
The efficacy of the Online News Act was called into question during the Senate’s Question Period...
The CRTC has extended an olive branch to Iristel Inc. in its current...
The federal government is seeking public input on generative artificial...
The City of Calgary, on behalf of other stakeholders across the nation, is seeking a CRTC decision in...
Broadcasting arbitrator Monica Song has released her list of free time political broadcasting allocated to the federal parties. The last update was in March. Time is allocated according to a formula...
Conservative MP Rachael Thomas brought a motion before the House of Commons Industry Committee Thursday regarding the government’s Online News Act and Online Streaming Act. The Liberals, Bloc Québécois, and New Democrat MPs on the panel voted to defeat it. In Question...