Stories by Austin Blake

The nation’s largest private sector union is calling on the CRTC to step up and protect local news, warning that the country’s media landscape is in crisis and urgently needs stronger regulations for foreign streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+. On the final day of hearings on Tuesday related to the future of Canadian content,...

Telus continues to tweak its wireless plans page, this time changing which plans get the fastest 5G+ download speeds, now again showing as up to 2Gbps. Just last week, the following plans from Telus had 5G+ download speeds only up to 1Gbps. But today, Telus updated this to show up to 2Gbps speeds for its...

Bell Media has released what's new on its streaming service Crave for June 2025. Here are some highlights coming to Crave. On June 1, HBO debuts The Mortician, a true-crime docuseries about a funeral home’s shocking descent into exploitation. June 2 brings It’s All Gonna Break, a Crave Original documentary exploring Toronto’s indie music scene...

Amazon's Prime Video has announced today what's coming to the streaming service in Canada in June 2025. Highlights include Dog Man (June 3), which follows a half-man, half-dog crime fighter as he takes on the evil Petey the Cat and his cloned kitten sidekick in a quirky animated adventure. On June 10, Love Hurts sees...

LEGO revealed last week one of its most nostalgic builds yet—and it actually works. The LEGO Ideas Minifigure Vending Machine set is a creative, vintage-inspired kit for adults that recreates a classic capsule vending machine in true LEGO form. And yes, it dispenses surprise minifigures when you turn the handle. With 1,343 pieces, this fully...

After Telus launched a 25th anniversary sale this week, which included a 25GB data bonus on its wireless plans, rivals Rogers and Bell have followed suit on the celebrations it seems. Both websites of Rogers and Bell have been updated other now include 25GB of bonus data on their wireless plans. Bell added this on...

Quebecor’s Fizz Mobile has increased prices for new customers or those that end up making changes to their plans, while also debuting new offers that have up to 125GB of LTE data. For starters, the base plan price has increased from $6 to 11 per month for province-wide calling in Alberta, BC and Ontario. This...

Bell appeared before the CRTC on Thursday, May 22, making it clear that while the company remains committed to Canadian content, it wants more flexibility in how it meets its obligations. At the ongoing CRTC hearing on “The Path Forward” for defining and supporting Canadian programming, Bell’s Senior VP of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Mark...

U.S. President Donald Trump is once again targeting Apple over where its iPhones are made. In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said on Friday morning he has already told Apple CEO Tim Cook that iPhones sold in the United States should be built in America — not in India or...

AI startup Anthropic just launched its latest AI models, Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, and they’re a big step forward in how smart and useful AI can be—especially when it comes to coding and solving complex problems. The big highlight is Claude Opus 4, which they say is now the best AI model...

YouTube launched a cheaper ad-free Premium Lite plan back in early March for those in the United States, and this week, Google announced this offering is now rolling out in Canada and other expansion countries. On Monday, Google announced in an update on its forums, "We’re happy to share that we’re expanding Premium Lite to...

Telus-owned Public Mobile continues to tweak its plans, this time adding more long distance minutes to its 5G plans. Public Mobile made the changes on Thursday to select 5G plans, but its 4G plans remain unchanged. Check out what’s new below... 4G Plans (no changes) $19/1GB $22/3GB $25/5GB 5G Canada-US-Mexico $30/10GB + 250 International Minutes...