In her first interview since the Rogers board debacle earlier this year, Melinda Rogers-Hixon says rebuilding broken family relationships is of the utmost importance.
The daughter of the late Ted Rogers is a director at Rogers Communications. She told The Globe and Mail that rebuilding relationships isn’t only important for the family, but for the future of Rogers and its employees.
“Right now it feels a bit raw, and I think we need to take a bit of time and then sit down and try to figure out how to rebuild it.”
The family’s strained relationship has been in the public eye for months when her brother, Edward Rogers, attempted to oust former CEO Joe Natale, without bringing the matter to the board. He believed Natale’s performance wasn’t up to par.
Rogers-Hixon, her sister, mother, and numerous directors on the board were against the move; Rogers succeeded in the end. Natale was ousted and replaced by Rogers pick, Tony Staffieri, the company’s chief financial officer.
Rogers-Hixon told the Globe Natale was the best CEO the company had since her father. “He brought us the Shaw deal — that’s no small feat,” she said.
Rogers is currently in the process of acquiring Shaw, a broadcaster serving Western Canada.
The deal was the subject of a hearing with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) last week.
Aspects specifically relating to broadcasting were discussed. Executives from Rogers argued this merger was the best for Canadians as it would bring more options to the market and increase competition. Rogers assured the CRTC drama surrounding the board wouldn’t make its way into the merger.
“Our board, our management team, and I are totally committed to this deal. We will stand behind each and every commitment made by our team today. Just like every other time we have appeared before you, we will always meet our obligations and our commitments,” he said on the first day of the hearing.
Rogers-Hixon confirmed she is speaking with her brother but the two have a lot to get through.
The cinema chain is confirming the news several hours after multiple film critics, including Candid Cinema‘s Amanda Guarragi and Untitled Movie Podcast‘s Matt Rorabeck, did so on Twitter. Canadians had been frantically checking Cineplex’s website and social media for word on when tickets would go live well into the early Monday hours. Websites in the U.S., meanwhile, crashed due to the demand, so you may want to prepare for the same from Cineplex.
For nearly two weeks, we’ve known that today, Cyber Monday (“Spider-Monday”), is when tickets for Spider-Man: No Way Home would go live. Over the weekend, many U.S. theatre chains confirmed that they’d have tickets for the MCU Spidey threequel at 12:01am ET, but Cineplex had repeatedly said it couldn’t confirm a date or time for this on its own website. Meanwhile, independent chain Landmark had tickets go live on its own website at midnight.
It’s unclear why Canada’s dominant theatre chain wasn’t aware of when tickets for the year’s biggest movie would go live, but other leading cinema chains were, or even why fans found out the eventual ticket availability timing from film critics first.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is set to open in theatres on December 17th. The film follows Tom Holland’s Spider-Man who, alongside Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is forced to fight villains from across the multiverse, including Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus and Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin.
Walmart has a bunch of other products, which are not mentioned in the list above, on sale too. Find all Walmart Cyber Week deals here.
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But if you’re looking for more, the retailer has added new Cyber Monday pricing to the mix. Check out some of the top deals from Best Buy’s Cyber Monday sale below:
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Popular game-focused chat platform Discord is finally working on an update that will officially support Apple’s new M1 chips.
Some Reddit users (via 9to5Mac) spotted the change in Discord’s ‘Canary’ version. Discord Canary is available from the platform’s website and is a space for the developers to test new versions of the app before officially pushing out the updates to the stable app.
The latest Discord Canary version runs natively on M1 Macs.
As 9to5 points out, native M1 support brings benefits like improve energy efficiency and performance. However, Discord is an Electron app, which means it may not offer as noticeable gains as other native Mac apps.
Regardless, M1 support is a step in the right direction and should help make Discord a little better on Apple computers.
You can download Discord Canary from the Discord website, but you may want to wait for the stable version if you don’t want to deal with bugs and other instabilities. Unfortunately, there’s no word yet when Discord will push the official native M1 update to users.
Now that ‘Black Friday’ is behind us, retailers are shifting their attention to Cyber Monday.
GameStop’s Cyber Monday sale offers several notable deals, including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Immortal’s Fenyx Rising for $19.99. The sale starts at 12:01 ET on November 29th.
Below are all of GameStop’s various Cyber Monday offers:
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: $19.99
Immortal’s Fenyx Rising: $19.99
Use PlayStation 5 controllers: $69.99
Resident Evil Village: $59.99
Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller: $30 off
$5 off Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 3-month subscription
Direct links will be added to the above items when they appear on GameStop’s website.
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As always, if you’re trying to get your hands on Sony’s or Microsoft’s respective current-generation system, you’ll need to move fast. In the past, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have sold out in a matter of minutes.
We will be restocking limited quantities of Playstation 5 Digital console bundles Cyber Monday at 10 am ET, online only! These bundles include an additional controller, and a Biogenik Controller Charge Stand! pic.twitter.com/F6xLrcNK1j
We will be restocking limited quantities of Xbox Series X console bundles Cyber Monday at 10 am ET, online only! These bundles include an additional controller, and Forza Horizon 5! pic.twitter.com/eMrar0jREB
Further, this is one of the first times that GameStop plans to restock the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 online at the same time, which seems like a questionable decision given the retailer’s website has been unable to handle console restocks in the past.
It’s important to note that the PlayStation 5 bundle includes a gamepad charger and an extra DualSense controller. There’s also another bundle that features two DualSense gamepads and a copy of Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart. On the Xbox Series X side, the bundle includes an extra controller and Forza Horizon 5.
It’s unclear how much these bundles will cost, but the standard disc version of the PlayStation 5 costs $629 and the Xbox Series X starts at $599. This story will be updated with direct links to purchase these bundles when they’re available.
This story will be updated when the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 have sold out.
If you missed out on the mega deals from Amazon Canada’s ‘Black Friday’ sale, don’t worry, we have your back and have a list of Amazon’s ‘Cyber Monday’ deals.
All of these deals are live now and run until November 29th at 11:59pm ET/8:59pm PT.
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Last month, I purchased a pair of Samsung’s Galaxy Live Buds, the company’s 2020 earbuds. This is my second time buying the earbuds because I picked them up back in 2020 and to my horror, ended up losing them one evening.
While they’re a little unconventional given their Bean-like design, the Buds Live are my favourite earbuds on the market because they fit perfectly in my ear. They also sound great and offer decent, albeit, not great noise-cancelling.
The wireless earbud market is becoming increasingly crowded, with options like LG’s Tone Free buds, Huawei’s Freebuds 3 Google’s Pixel Buds and Apple’s 3rd-gen AirPods , but I still always find myself coming back to Samsung’s weirdly-shaped beans.
Even MobileSyrup managing editor Patrick O’Rouke is a big fan of the Galaxy Live Buds, though he also uses Apple’s AirPods Pro frequently.
The question at hand is, what earbuds do you use, or if you prefer headphones over earbuds? Let us know in the comments below.
Every week, MobileSyrup outlines some of the most notable movies and TV shows that recently hit Canadian streaming platforms.
Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column typically focuses on new content from Amazon Prime Video Canada, Crave and Netflix Canada, but other services like Apple TV+ and Disney+ will be mentioned when relevant.
We’ll also highlight shows or movies that are made in Canada, involve notable Canadian cast or crew and/or are filmed in Canada.
Amazon Prime Video
Hanna (Season 3) [Amazon Original]
Hanna and Marissa uncover dark secrets as they work to put an end to UTRAX, once and for all.
Based on Seth Lochhead and David Farr’s 2011 film of the same name, Amazon’s Hanna stars Esmé Creed-Miles (Pond Life), Mireille Enos (The Killing) and Ray Liotta (Goodfellas).
Amazon Prime Video Canada premiere date: November 24th, 2021 Genre: Action-drama Runtime: Six episodes (44 to 53 minutes each)
What’s more, a brand-new competition series called Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses is hitting Crave on November 28th at 8pm ET. Hosted by Oscar winner Helen Mirren (The Queen), Hogwarts Tournament of Houses sees fans facing off in Potter trivia battles, with guest appearances from the likes of Tom Felton (Potter‘s Draco Malfoy), late-night comedian Jay Leno and Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson.
New episodes of the four-part series will release every Sunday at 8pm ET.
Finally, it’s important to note that a reunion special titled Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwartsis set to hit Crave on January 1st, 2022, the same date it airs on HBO Max in the U.S. The special will see Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron) and Emma Watson (Hermione) joined by a slew of other stars from the series to look back on 20 years of Potter films.
8-Bit Christmas
In the late ’80s, a ten-year-old boy sets off on the seemingly impossible task of trying to buy a Nintendo Entertainment System.
Based on Kevin Jakubowski’s 2013 book of the same name, 8-Bit Christmas was directed by London, Ontario’s Michael Dowse (FUBAR) and stars Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Winslow Fegley (Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made) and June Diane Raphael (How Did This Get Made?).
It’s worth noting that the movie was shot in Toronto.
Crave premiere date: November 24th, 2021 Genre: Comedy, family Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes
A standard Crave subscription is priced at $19.99/month, with Starz costing an additional $5.99/month. A mobile-only subscription is also available for $9.99/month.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Crave this month can be found here.
Disney+
The Beatles: Get Back [Disney+ Original]
The Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson takes you back into the intimate recording sessions of the iconic English rock band.
Disney+ Canada premiere date: November 25th to 27th, 2021 (new part each day) Genre: Music documentary Runtime: Three parts (2 hours, 27 minutes to 2 hours, 53 minutes each)
After Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow got her own movie earlier this year, Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye was the last Avenger to not get his own solo MCU project — until now.
Set two years after the events of Avengers: Endgame, Hawkeye follows Clint Barton as he tries to make it home for Christmas after getting caught up with a young archer named Kate Bishop and New York’s criminal underbelly.
Hawkeye was created by Jonathan Igla (Mad Men) and co-stars Hailee Steinfeld (Dickinson), Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring series), Tony Dalton (Better Call Saul), Fra Fee (Les Misérables) and newcomer Alaqua Cox. It’s worth noting that Cox, an actual deaf Native American, plays the deaf Native American character Echo, who’s getting her own Disney+ spin-off at some point in the future.
Disney+ Canada premiere date: November 24th (first two episodes, new episodes every Wednesday) Genre: Superhero Runtime: Six episodes (around 40-50 minutes each)
A Disney+ subscription costs $11.99/month or $119.99/year in Canada.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Disney+ this month can be found here.
Netflix
A Boy Called Christmas [Netflix Original]
This reimaging of the story of Father Christmas follows a boy as he ventures in the white north in search of his father.
A Boy Called Christmas was directed by Gil Kenan (Poltergeist) and stars Henry Lawfull (2018’s Les Misérables), Jim Broadbent (Iris), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) and Michael Huisman (The Flight Attendant).
Netflix Canada premiere date: November 24th Genre: Christmas fantasy Runtime: 1 hour, 46 minutes
A disgraced MMA fighter returns for one last fight after the son she left behind re-enters her life.
Bruised is the directorial debut of Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball) and stars Berry, Toronto’s Shameier Anderson (Wynonna Earp), Adan Canto (Designated Survivor) and Sheila Atim (The Pale Horse).
Netflix Canada premiere date: November 24th Genre: Drama Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutes
In the series’ final season, Frank obsesses over a cryptic message from his dad and Sue tries to resolve family issues.
F is for Family was created by Bill Burr (The Mandalorian) and Michael Price (The Simpsons) and features the voice of Burr, Laura Dern (Marriage Story), Justin Long (Ed) and Haley Reinhart (American Idol).
Masters of the Universe: Revelation — Part 2 [Netflix Original]
As the ultimate battle of Eternia fast approaches, a surprising alliance is formed between heroes and villains.
Based on Roger Sweet’s He-Man character, Masters of the Universe: Revelation was created by Kevin Smith (Clerks) and features an ensemble voice cast that includes Chris Wood (Supergirl), Mark Hamill (Star Wars series), Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Lena Headey (Game of Thrones).
Netflix Canada premiere date: November 23rd, 2021 Genre: Animated fantasy Runtime: Five episodes (23 to 32 minutes each)
The full list of movies and shows hitting Netflix Canada this month can be found here.
Premium video on demand (PVOD)
The Humans
Three generations of the Blake family gather for Thanksgiving dinner, only for tensions to reach a boiling point.
Written and directed by Stephen Karam (who also penned the play it’s adapted from), The Humans stars Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart), Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Jayne Houdyshell (Only Murders in the Building), Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) and Steven Yeun (Minari).
PVOD release date: November 26th, 2021 Genre: Drama Runtime: 1 hour, 48 minutes
The Humans can be rented for $5.99/purchased for $14.99 on iTunes and Amazon Prime Video, rented for $4.99/purchased for $12.99 on Google Play) and rented for $4.99/purchased for $14.99 on the Cineplex Store.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Eddie Brock/Venom face off against a serial killer who’s bonded with a symbiote to become the deadly Carnage.
Directed by The Lord of the Rings‘ Andy Serkis, Let There Be Carnage stars Tom Hardy (Legend), Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea) and Naomie Harris (Moonlight).
Original theatrical premiere date: October 1st, 2021
PVOD release date: November 26th, 2021 Genre: Superhero Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes
