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College Printers to close Sept. 30, 2010

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

College Printers, one of the oldest commercial printers in the Lower Mainland, will close on Sept. 30, 2010, its owner, Canwest Community Publishing, announced Thursday, when bargaining was to commence …

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Canwest executives look after themselves

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

As any reporter knows, you can find some tasty tidbits of information when going through court documents.

Such as: At about the same time that Local 2000 was approached last spring …

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Answers to questions about Canwest insolvency

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Delegates to Local 2000’s annual Congress this weekend had the opportunity to ask a lawyer questions about Canwest’s current legal proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors’ Arrangement Act. Both Dan Rogers’ …

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Canwest creditor list long and diverse

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Canwest’s debts range from $8,524,006.05 owed Twentieth Century Fox, to $3,728,822.95 owed Universal Studios Canada, to $485,803.70 owed Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, to $202,104 owed Cineplex Entertainment, to $5,350.50 …

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Newspapers put up $4 million of Canwest retention bonuses

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Canwest’s newspaper division is paying $4 million of the $10 million in “retention bonuses” going to “three management directors, four key executives and 13 other key employees” as part of …

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Sister local fights Torstar plan to ship ad makeup jobs overseas

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Compositors’ jobs are being shipped overseas in the latest newspaper industry scheme to boost profits.
Torstar announced plans last week to export 20 ad makeup jobs at the Hamilton Spectator and …

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