Rogers Communications Inc and Shaw Communications Inc said on Monday they had extended the deadline for their $26 billion merger to Feb. 17 from January end, as the companies await government approval. The deal requires the final approval from Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne for the transfer of spectrum licenses held by Shaw’s Freedom Mobile unit
HOLLYWOOD—Merck Mercuriadis is pretty relaxed for a guy who just made the biggest deal of his career. Twenty-four hours after acquiring Justin Bieber’s song catalogue for a rumoured US$200 million — his most expensive deal to date — his biggest concern is moving house. “Business is under control,” he says with a quiet smile. “It’s
Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series 24 and providing the voice for Tess in the popular video game The Last of Us, has died. She was 45. Wersching died Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer, according to her publicist. The type of cancer
GRIMSBY, Ont. — A 69-year-old Hamilton is dead after a motorcycle crash in Grimsby, Ont., on Tuesday afternoon. Niagara Region police say Enzo Zona lost control of his motorcycle at a residential intersection just before 4 p.m. and was thrown into a private driveway (at Main St. West and Oakes Rd.). Police say residents and
LINCOLN, Ont. – Paramedics say citizens in the town of Lincoln may have saved the life of a man who was badly injured in a motorcycle accident. The motorcycle collided with a passenger vehicle in the town late yesterday afternoon. The rider suffered a serious leg injury and paramedics say he was bleeding profusely when
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating a weekend crash between a police cruiser and a motorcycle in Niagara Falls that injured a 51-year-old man. The Special Investigations Unit says the collision took place at an intersection on Saturday afternoon. It says the motorcyclist, David Taylor, suffered a pelvis injury and was taken
A 51-year-old man was in critical condition Sunday night after a crash between an SUV and a motorcycle in Mississauga. Peel paramedics say that the incident occurred shortly before 7:00 p.m. on Sunday on Dixie Road, just south of Dundas Street. The man was transported to Sunnybrook Hospital with serious head and chest injuries. The
TORONTO – Police say 16 people died on Ontario roads and waterways over the Civic Day long weekend, calling it one of the deadliest in recent history. Ontario Provincial Police say nine people died in road crashes, six drowned and one man died after a canoe capsized. The road crash fatalities include one cyclist, one
WINGHAM , Ont. – A man and woman from Howick Township are dead after their Harley Davisdson collided with a Toyota Corolla on a county road (County Road 86) just west of Wingham. Huron County OPP say the motorcycle was hit by the car yesterday afternoon when the Toyota pulled out try to pass a
Former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion has died at the age of 101. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced her passing in a statement early on Sunday morning, calling her the “true definition of a public servant.”McCallion was the Mayor of Mississauga for 36 years, overseeing its transformation from a suburb into one of the country’s largest