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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Canadian Armed Forces has made the decision to end its avalanche-control program in Rogers Pass, …
Read More »Rogers program to reduce youth screen time is a good first step, say parents and experts
Moderating screen time is one of the biggest struggles parents of tweens and teens face today, says Toronto mom Andrea Chrysanthou. Those kids grew up during the pandemic when going online meant connection to teachers, friends and family, she says. Today, “they don’t see the perils of it. They haven’t …
Read More »Matawa Chiefs Council wants Rogers to delay 3G shutdown, telling CRTC it’s ‘a matter of life and death’
The Matawa Chiefs Council is warning that Rogers’s planned 3G network shutdown could have consequences for remote First Nations communities in northern Ontario, including putting lives at risk. The council said it sent a letter to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) this week that calls for an urgent …
Read More »Camryn Rogers improves her Canadian record en route to women’s hammer throw world title repeat
Camryn Rogers became the first Canadian to successfully defend a World Athletics Championships title on Monday, and now Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland is the only women’s hammer throw athlete with a better mark than the Richmond, B.C., athlete. Rogers topped her national record with a 80.51-metre effort and picked up …
Read More »Oasis hits Toronto with nostalgia rock in wet and woeful Rogers Stadium
Of course when talking about Oasis’s unlikely return to Toronto, the first thing you have to consider is the venue. Or rather, getting into and out of that venue: Rogers Stadium, the unwieldy, dubiously thought out, deeply controversial stage, may stand as the sole venue on earth equal to Oasis’ …
Read More »Coldplay’s Chris Martin says he didn’t mean to insult Rogers Stadium after calling it ‘weird’
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says he didn’t mean to insult Toronto’s newest concert venue when he called it a “weird stadium in the middle of nowhere.” Martin issued the clarification Friday during the third of four concerts at the newly built Rogers Stadium, which is on the outskirts of the …
Read More »Toronto’s Rogers Stadium faces crowd control test as Coldplay wraps 1st show
Hundreds of fans were streaming out of Rogers Stadium on Monday evening even before British rock band Coldplay took their final bows, trying to get out ahead of transit gridlock as organizers promised improvements to crowd control at Toronto’s newest outdoor venue. Transit and venue staff were holding signs and guiding people …
Read More »‘Opportunity of a lifetime’: New GM Wright Rogers ready to take charge of WNBA’s Toronto Tempo
Monica Wright Rogers has merely put 10 toes on the ground in Toronto to begin her role as general manager of the WNBA’s expansion Tempo, but she can already feel the support of the city behind her. Her hiring solidifies her as the 12th member of Canada’s first-ever and only …
Read More »Rogers customers call contracts misleading as fee for TV boxes goes up $7/month
When Cathy Cooper signed a contract with Rogers Communications four months ago, she says a sales rep told her the monthly price for TV and internet service was guaranteed for two years. So she was shocked to see her monthly bill increase just three months later, and called the telco giant to …
Read More »TIFF touts Rogers as ‘presenting sponsor’ ahead of 1st fest without Bell
When the Toronto International Film Festival rolls out the red carpet to welcome Hollywood’s top stars this week, it will do so with dozens of new brand supporters that organizers hope will put to rest any notions the event has lost some of its corporate cachet. TIFF said Tuesday the number …
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