KJ Mullins-Toronto: Anka Voticky landed in Montreal as a 35-year-old woman in 1948. She was a survivor. Behind stepping foot on Canadian soil the young woman had lived in Nazi-occupied Europe and a ghetto in Shanghai during Japanese occupation. Her story is coming alive on Twitter. Ankas Story on Twitter was started by the Azrieli [...]
Continue reading …KJ Mullins: Over half of Canadians are living pay cheque to pay cheque facing financial difficulty if that cheque is a week late. That’s the findings of the 2nd annual National Payroll Week Employee Survey, conducted by the Canadian Payroll Association (CPA). Many Canadians are dealing with mere financial survival unable to save for retirement [...]
Continue reading …KJ Mullins: Today BCE Inc. (Bell) announced that it has agreed to acquire 100 percent of CTV. The transaction gives Bell full ownership of television, digital media, conventional TV and radio broadcasting operation. Currently Bell owns 15 percent equity in CTV. The transaction for the additional 85 percent will cost the company $1.3 billion in [...]
Continue reading …TORONTO, Sept. 9 /CNW/ – A new report undertaken for FRPO and the CFAA by economist Dr. Frank Clayton shows that the federal government, the Ontario government and municipalities in Ontario discriminate against tenants. Nationally, the federal government provides an average of $1,823 in subsidies per homeowner household, versus $308 per renter household. Within Ontario, [...]
Continue reading …Future of Media event held at Drake Hotel looking at the changing face of media
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KJ Mullins-Toronto: How people obtain their news content is changing rapidly with increased use of social media networking. Tools like Facebook bring interesting news items that people may never before have looked at because of their ‘friends.’ This new way of getting news is a focus of media companies. On Wednesday evening local news site [...]
Continue reading …KJ Mullins: The latest Desjardins Financial Security National Health Survey has found that workers in Canada are feeling stressed. Close to 30 per cent of Canadian workers are more stressed this year than last citing low pay, work overload, a lack of recognition and negative work environment as their top stresses. The news isn’t all [...]
Continue reading …KJ Mullins: An Internet hoax claims that ‘To Catch a Predator’ host Chris Hansen was arrested for child molestation. This is false. The post was started on Wikipedia.org. The Wikipedia post read: “Chris Hansen was arrested for Child Molestation on September 3, 2010.” Hansen’s NBC show ‘To Catch a Predator’ focuses on catching potential internet [...]
Continue reading …KJ Mullins-Toronto: A pilot program at one of Toronto’s Community Housing tenant groups will allow residents to have free Internet access for the year. The Toronto Community Housing tenant group at 155 Sherbourne St. has been given 30 retired laptops from the city plus a wireless hotspot that allows for Internet access in and around [...]
Continue reading …OTTAWA, Sept. 2 /CNW/ – Postmedia, Canada’s largest newspaper chain, has begun job reductions at newspapers already picked clean by the Asper’s Canwest ownership days. “This is appalling. The Paul Godfrey-led, U.S. hedge fund-backed new ownership is savaging Canada’s foremost newspapers,” says Peter Murdoch, Vice-President, Media, for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, Canada’s largest media union. “These newspapers [...]
Continue reading …KJ Mullins-Toronto: The Toronto Police use YouTube, Facebook and Twitter in their crime stopping efforts. In 2009 the department received a record number of tips with Toronto Crime Stoppers. The site gives tipsters several ways of leaving information without having to give up their identity and without fear that they will be asked to appear [...]
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