WIND Mobile, now known as Freedom, was a small company that tried to break through Canada’s telecom oligopoly. It did not have an easy ride.
December 7, 2022
COMMONS
Monopoly #4 – Teleconned
They’re the most hated companies in the country. And yet, they’re unavoidable.
November 30, 2022
COMMONS
Monopoly #3 – The Hudson’s Bay Company
Today, it’s a department store where you might go to buy perfume or cookware. But the Hudson’s Bay Company was Canada’s first, and its most powerful, monopoly.
November 23, 2022
CANADALAND
#725 The Rogers Family Compact
Who are the Rogers family? How did they get so powerful? Why have they turned against one another? And what does it matter? We've spent a week immersed in Rogers history to bring you this unofficial narrative of Canada's telecom overlords.
November 1, 2021
Short Cuts
#724 Transploitation
Anti-trans narratives found its way into three different media organizations this past week. And everybody appears to hate Rogers - even the Rogers.
October 28, 2021
Short Cuts
#46 Canadian News Hall of Fame/Mansbridge’s Wedding Package/Whiny Telecom
Buzzfeed Canada's social news editor Lauren Strapagiel discusses the fabled Canadian News Hall of Fame, Peter Mansbridge's exclusive access to Trudeau, and Bell's pleas to eradicate fairness and restore oligopoly.
November 12, 2015
Did ROGERS sell your data to the police? They won’t say.
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July 22, 2014
By Jesse Brown
CANADALAND
#31 Your Telecom Provider is Selling your Information to the Government
Internet and wireless companies have supplied private data millions of times.
