Stories by John Quintet

BritBox has released its list of new titles and shows coming to the British streaming service in February 2025. Highlights in BritBox's February lineup include the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, hosted by David Tennant, streaming live in North America on February 16 (celebrating outstanding achievements in film). On February 17, Lucy Boynton stars in...

Residents near Canon Smith Park in Saskatoon are pushing back against crown corporation SaskTel’s plan to build a cell tower a mere 35 metres from residential homes. The problem? Residents oppose the 35-metre high tower’s visual impact and potential property value drops. Danny Boyer, who lives in the area, started a petition that has since...

Today’s Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television services (CCTS) annual report for 2023-2024 has shown that Canadians continue to deal with major issues with telcom providers. Consumer advocacy group OpenMedia pointed out that with Rogers seeing a 68% increase in complaints year-over-year, shows that the merger with Shaw has harmed Canadians, calling it a “consumer disaster”....

This all sounds like deja vu, once again. Rogers, Bell, and Telus continue to top the list of telecoms generating the most consumer complaints, according to a new report from the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS). The CCTS annual report, which tracks complaints between August 2023 and July 2024, highlights ongoing frustrations with...

A new mobile app is offering first responders a safe and anonymous way to access mental health support. The IGYB911 app was created by the #IVEGOTYOURBACK911 campaign, founded by Elgin County, Ontario-based paramedics Shawn Taylor and Jill Foster in 2014. The campaign was created to support paramedics, police, fire, emergency telecommunications, nurses, corrections and military...

Videotron’s Fizz announced today it has expanded its network to include several new areas in northeastern Ontario and east of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Residents in communities like Petawawa, Pembroke, Renfrew, Deep River, Cobourg, Port Hope, and others now have access to Fizz's digital wireless services. This expansion opens up options for more than...

The federal Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program has officially paused as of January 12, 2025, explained Transport Canada on Sunday. The program, which provided rebates for purchasing or leasing new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), ran out of funds earlier than its planned end date of March 31, 2025, due to high demand. "This surge in...

Starbucks is making some updates to its free refill policy in Canada, according to an email sent out to customers on Monday morning. Starting January 27, 2025, if you’re not a Starbucks Rewards member (you need to show this through the Starbucks mobile app, for example), you can now get free same-visit refills of hot...

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has once again shared what he believes is Apple’s anticipated 2025 product lineup, based on his solid sources and shared within his weekly Sunday PowerOn newsletter. Gurman shared quite a bit of info regarding each Apple product lineup, so let's take a gander at what we should expect below... MacBook Air with...

In what is likely the worst possible date to set a price increase, some Rogers customers are set to see their home internet and phone services increase on April Fool’s Day. But this ain’t no joke, folks. According to some January billing statements shared by iPhone in Canada readers, near the bottom half of the...

Apple is heading to court in the UK over claims it unfairly charges app developers high fees, with a lawsuit seeking a whopping £1.5 billion (about $2.2 billion CAD) in damages. The case begins Monday and is the first of its kind in the UK targeting Big Tech under competition laws, reports the Financial Times....

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was recently on The Joe Rogan Experience, speaking to host Joe Rogan about a variety of subjects, beyond his company ending third-party fact-checking to switch over to Community Notes, like Elon Musk’s X. The switch to Community Notes is likely to pre-empt any further scrutiny on Meta and its apps from...