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A bunch of confused people spent the Super Bowl berating the CRTC and Bell for not airing American commercials
The CRTC spent the entirety of the big game playing defence
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Q&A: Mary Ann Turcke, president of Bell Media
On combatting rogue viewers of U.S. Netflix, navigating the new unbundling landscape and reluctantly rubbing elbows with celebs
City News
Rogers to the CRTC: take pity on us
Rogers is in hearings with the CRTC today, negotiating for renewals of 17 of its television broadcast...
City News
Q&A: Wind Mobile CEO Anthony Lacavera, the man that’s battling big telecom
He’s been trading punches with the three big telecom companies for years. He’s just won a huge battle. Here’s what’s in it...
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Stephen Marche: an unflinching assessment of Jack Layton’s dubious legacy
The next NDP leader will be obligated to adopt Jack Layton’s Toronto-born brand of socialism—childlike, sentimental, and...
City News
Jesse Brown: how big wireless companies, the banks, and even the actors’ union are keeping our mobile bills the highest in the world
Getting gouged by cellphone providers is such a routine part of life in Canada that it barely seems worth complaining about. Yet...
City News
Toronto is set to get a third area code, 416 holders set to get even smugger
The city is running out of phone numbers. Two decades ago, the GTA had to be split into the 416 and 905 area codes keep pace with...
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Culture
Shield your ears, Canada: CBC is launching a new reality TV show with Canadians singing Canadian songs
A singing-focused reality TV show not called Canadian Idol is slated to hit the CBC airwaves this fall, and, well, it’s the...
City News
If Sun Media can do it anybody can—Rogers ready to launch its own all-news channel
Toronto’s 24-hour cable news market is going to get even more crowded this fall, as Rogers Media announced this morning that...
City News
Is Sun News worthless? Bell Canada thinks so
Earlier this month, we noted that Bell and Quebecor are in the midst of a small squabble over how much Bell should have to pay for...
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Everybody panic! Huffington Post is coming to Canada and has so far hired one person
A bit of inside baseball news about the wild, sometimes incestuous world that is Toronto media: Globeandmail.com editor Kenny Yum...
City News
Bell TV and Sun News Network caught in a cat fight. Now, if only there was a way they could both lose
In this conflict, we’re not sure which side to root for. Apparently Bell has pulled the Sun News Network, Canada’s newest...
City News
National Sun News Network premieres today, except only in half of nation
Today is launch day for the much-ballyhooed Sun News Network. The road to this point has been long one. From bringing on Kory...
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Big TV wants the CRTC to force Netflix to act like a broadcaster
Because everyone needs another reason to hate Bell: the telecom giant and new owner of CTV Globemedia is among the legacy...
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With Bell backing down on Internet billing, it just might not become an election issue (but it probably should be)
The hordes of angry Internet users who were outraged about the CRTC’s decision on usage-based billing (UBB) chalked up a minor...
City News
Honour among thieves: the only way to get the best selection of television shows and movies is to steal them
My wife and I have cut the cord. Instead of a cable TV subscription, we have a laptop, which is connected to our flat screen LCD...
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“Local TV Matters” campaign reignited after court decision yesterday
Remember those painfully earnest “local TV matters” commercials from last year? They were the result of a spat between cable...
City News
Measured against other countries, are Canadians getting hosed by their ISPs? Let’s compare
One of the biggest questions raised by this week’s usage-based billing fracas is whether Canadians are getting ripped off by...
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Ottawa reviewing CRTC decision on download caps; observers stunned that Canadians actually care about telecom regulations
When the CRTC announced the final part of its decision on usage-based billing for Canadian Internet service providers, they...
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Culture
CRTC vs. CBSC: regulator battles standards council over Dire Straits “Money For Nothing”
Remember the kerfuffle from a couple weeks ago over the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council 's decision to issue a ban on radio...
City News
New frontiers in customer service: Bell telemarketers swear and make death threats
Late last year, the CRTC announced that it was slapping Bell Canada with $1.3 million in fines for violating the National Do Not...
Culture
Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham to host revived version of The Wedge as MuchMusic goes back to the future
Damian Abraham (a.k.a. Pink Eyes) is many things: dramatic , topless , a dad, talented and, as of January 26, the host of...
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Fox News North is a go: CRTC
Surely this now means that we can expect less whining about unfair, empire-building bureaucrats out to stick it to the free market...
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Kory Teneycke, the now-departed Sun News TV chief, wanted to attack David Suzuki
The odd stories from Kory Teneycke ’s brief tenure as head of the Sun News TV project (a.k.a. Fox News North) just keep on...
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Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative