Archive for August, 2009

Glacier Media makes $100,000 donation to B.C. Liberals

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

A Canadian media giant, Canwest Global Communications Corp., has fallen on hard times, so perhaps it shouldn’t be a big surprise that it didn’t show up in the list of …

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Prince George Citizen terminates delivery drivers

Friday, August 14th, 2009

A dozen unionized union delivery drivers at the Prince George Citizen were terminated on Aug. 10, 2009.

The delivery of newspapers is now being done by a non-union company called Cobalt …

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CanWest, CRTC to talk foreign ownership

Friday, August 14th, 2009

CanWest Global Communications Corp. has initiated talks with the federal government on a potential change of ownership as the company and its creditors negotiate a financial restructuring of its vast …

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Glacier Media reports Q2 profit of $8.7 million

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Glacier Media Inc. said Monday that it earned $8.7 million in its most recent quarter, down from $13.1 million a year ago. The publisher said the profit amounted to nine …

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Creditors hire corporate fixer

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Creditors have hired Harold (Hap) Stephen, a high profile chartered accountant known for leading reorganizations at struggling firms such as Stelco Inc., Algoma Steel Inc. and retailer Timothy Eaton Co. Ltd., to guide Canwest through its complex restructuring, the Globe and Mail reports.

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