Cuts versus spending blitzes
Tony Clement commenting on today's Conservative spending blitz which included cash for an airport, a donut manufacturer and a pork plant among many announcements today and in coming days: Treasury…
July 2011
National Post attacks Kai Nagata’s viral manifesto on the state of media
Of course the Murdoch-styled National Post is offended by Kai Nagata's truth telling. His treatise is largely about the shitty, biased, yellow journalism employed by outfits like NP.Nagata is the…
Medicine.
"Cure" for the day. Close to me.... read more
iPolitics: Competing views on internet billing clash at CRTC
By Elizabeth Thompson for iPolitics Conflicting views over how Canadians should pay for internet usage clashed before the CRTC Monday, as the commission heard a new round of arguments over…
Telemanagement: CRTC begins usage-based billing hearings
By Anthony Gabryluk for Telemanagement Consumer advocates have told the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that big telecommunications companies should address the issue of internet congestion by investing more…
ARS: Metered billing: it’s a lack of competition, not congestion
By Matthew Lasar for ARS Technica It looks like Canada's telecom regulators are showing some new-found skepticism about metered or "usage-based" billing (UBB). The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)…
The reviews for the Hudak platform are in…
That should raise some doubt about Mr. Front Runner who seems to be playing a very, very safe and talking pointed campaign at the moment. Why on earth are all…
Solomon: CRTC starts Internet wholesale pricing hearing
By Howard Solomon for itWorldCanada The telecom regulator begins a hearing to hone its unpopular decision on usage-based billing and set wholesale pricing for independent Internet providers so they can…
Marlow: BCE put on hot seat at hearing on Web pricing
By Iain Marlow for Globe and Mail The country’s telecom regulator has cast doubt on BCE Inc.’s (BCE-T38.240.491.30%)argument that fast-growing Web traffic requires new usage-based pricing measures, setting the tone…
Mediacaster: CRTC Hearings on Internet Pricing Begin in Ottawa
From Media Caster The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's public hearing into wholesale high-speed Internet access services began in Ottawa today. read more
Circle ID: Hot Legal Action in Canada!
By Neil Schwartzman for Circle ID The best part is ... this isn't one of those 'now that I've got your attention' tricks, like one of those old "free beer"…
Toronto Sun: CRTC drills BCE on UBB
By Stefania Moretti for Toronto Sun Regulators drilled BCE Inc. executives with questions Monday ahead of a decision on wholesale usage-based billing (UBB) amid criticism the whole process is a…
570 News: Internet usage-based billing hearings
From 570 News The CRTC is holding hearings this week on internet usage-based billing, after the federal government forced the agency to go back to the drawing board on the…
Have You Seen These Trees?
If you have, you're looking at Gatineau Hills, by Group of Seven painter Frederick J. Varley, which was stolen from the Canadian Fine Arts Store. Please wrestle it from the…
Marlow: Groups, regulators square off at CRTC hearings
By Iain Marlow for Globe and Mail The second day of crucial CRTC hearings into the future of Internet pricing in Canada continued on Tuesday in Gatineau, Que., with a…
CBC: ‘Big telecom’ internet investment too low, consumer groups say
From CBC Big telecommunications companies should tackle internet congestion by investing more in their networks, which would make usage-based billing unnecessary, consumer advocates say. read more
Fierce Telecom: Canada’s CRTC to discuss usage based billing, broadband pricing
By Sean Buckley for Fierce Telecom Canada's telecom regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), will hold discussions with incumbents, competitive service providers and industry groups on usage based…
Trans Woman is Finalist in Radio Station’s Breast Augmentation Contest
Last month. 90.3 AMP Radio in Calgary launched their “The Breast Summer Ever” contest — and although not the first to hold a contest in which breast augmentation was the…
Rob Ford unmasked
This is pretty funny.“The Robber” as he liked to be called, was an ass man. He always over-tipped the pretty waitresses and usually ordered the Suicide Wings. He certainly considered…