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Rogers Sports & Media announced on Friday it has hired former CTV News anchor Lisa LaFlamme to cover the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, as a special correspondent for CityNews, reporting from London, England. According to Rogers in a statement, LaFlamme will be reporting daily for all newscasts on TV and radio, plus also appear...

On Wednesday, Rogers, Telus, Bell and other telecoms agreed to sign a network safety plan, to assist each other in the event of major outages, such as the devastating Rogers nationwide outage in July. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said yesterday, “the Rogers outage of July 8 was unacceptable, and we must do everything possible to...

The agreement covers emergency roaming, mutual assistance, and a communications protocol for mass network disruptions like July's Rogers outage.

Rogers appears to have ramped up a security policy for its retail locations to prevent theft and robberies, locking doors and even asking for ID when customers want to come in. That’s according to the latest story from CBC News on Thursday. A Rogers spokesperson confirmed the policy and said it was started over a...

Freedom Mobile will launch iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro pre-orders on Friday, September 9, at 5:01 am PT/8:01 am ET, according to its website. This is the same time as last year. The company’s pre-order times are 1 minute after Apple.ca, which is set for this Friday at 5 am PT/8am ET. According to...

Bell iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 pre-orders are set to take place on Friday, September 9, 2022. This is the same day Apple.ca launches pre-orders of the newest iPhone 14 lineup. The wireless carrier’s website states you can pre-order iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro this Friday. Customers can submit their email to “be...

Telus iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro pre-orders and reservations are “coming soon”, according to the company’s website, which has the standard landing page image provided by Apple. "Register for pre-order updates and be the first to get the all-new iPhone 14 family on the network that gives back,” explains Telus, seemingly integrating its apparent...

When can you pre-order an iPhone 14 with Rogers and Fido? According to the website of both wireless carriers, iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro reservations will launch on Friday, September 9, 2022—the same date as Apple.ca. The iPhone maker’s pre-orders will begin at 5am PT/8am ET, again (west coasters again feeling the pain after...

Here are the latest Canadian cellphone plan and device deals, plus other promos from wireless carriers such as Rogers, Telus and Bell, from our partner PlanHub. As always, the promos may change at the last minute, but here they are as of Wednesday, September 7, 2022. Check them out below… Bell Noticeable price changes: Motorola Moto...

The majority of sales interactions were reportedly positive, but almost 20% of shoppers perceived they may have faced misleading or aggressive sales practices.

Last Friday, Bell announced it was set to acquire independent internet service provider (ISP), Distributel, reducing yet another provider. Bell purchased Ebox in February as well. Now, consumer advocates and independent ISPs have weighed in on the matter, reports the National Post. Vancouver-based internet advocate, OpenMedia, told the Post, “We are losing the very marginal telecom...

Image via RFD user ‘eclone' Bell’s flanker brand Virgin Plus is offering up a promotional bring your own phone plans right now at select stores. The Virgin Plus store at Pacific Mall in Markham, Ontario, has posters advertising $30/10GB and $35/20GB plans, with included 1,000 long distance minutes to India, Mexico, Japan and South Korea....