The Hamilton Spectator

Anna Maria Tremonti and Irene Gentle to headline World Press Freedom Day luncheon May 3 to discuss online harassment and violence against female and marginalized journalists

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Friday, March 17, 2023
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OTTAWA, ON, March 17, 2023 /CNW/ - World Press Freedom Canada (WPFC) is pleased to announce multi-award-winning journalist Anna Maria Tremonti will be the keynote speaker at its annual World Press Freedom Day luncheon in Ottawa on May 3.

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  • OTTAWA, ON, March 17, 2023 /CNW/ - World Press Freedom Canada (WPFC) is pleased to announce multi-award-winning journalist Anna Maria Tremonti will be the keynote speaker at its annual World Press Freedom Day luncheon in Ottawa on May 3.
  • She will be joined by Torstar Vice President for Inclusion and Strategic Partnerships, Irene Gentle, for an armchair discussion.
  • Tremonti is a long-time journalist who has traveled Canada and the world covering societal change, political upheaval, and armed conflict.
  • "Women and marginalized journalists are increasingly on the receiving end of online harassment and attacks for reporting inconvenient truths.

SDI launches brand positioning update, reinvigorating their mission to change the way people think about and manage supply chain.

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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About SDI SDI is a supply chain solutions and services company that specializes in helping large, multi- site facilities and plant maintenance leaders reduce costs and risks while driving overall performance results and outcomes. Over SDI's more than 50 years of experience, the Company has helped hundreds of organizations align and integrate their parts supply chain with their FM and EAM strategies to drive improvements in KPIs such as first call completion, mean time to repair, and wrench time.The company's service offering is further enhanced by their ZEUS Digital Supply Chain Management platform which includes the mobile apps -- ZEUS Ordering, ZEUS Materials Management, PPE As-A-Service and ZEUS Integrated Parts Management (IPM) -- available on the Apple Store.SDI's digital supply chain solutions coordinate and align with overall facilities management, enterprise risk management, and reliability strategies. Lower costs, smarter inventories and more reliable facilities are all natural results from a more connected supply chain.To learn more visit: http://www.sdi.com or contact [email protected].

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  • A changing world, converging technologies, and digital transformation are fueling a Supply Chain Revolution; SDI calls on industry to act with new brand positioning: Don't Spectate.
  • The constant disruption that organizations continue to face dramatically accelerated demand for end-to-end supply chain visibility and control.
  • Not just to save money, time, and effort, but to fundamentally change the way industry manages supply chain, for the better."
  • Debra Hogan Yorkman, SDI, The Digital Supply Chain Company, 1 215-633-1914, [email protected]

* ATTENTION JOURNALISTS, EDITORS AND AWARDS COORDINATORS * // Call for Entries: Canadian Hillman Prize for Journalism, Deadline: January 15, 2022

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
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TORONTO, Nov 9, 2021 /CNW/ - The Sidney Hillman Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Canadian Hillman Prize honouring excellence in investigative journalism in service of the common good.

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  • TORONTO, Nov 9, 2021 /CNW/ - The Sidney Hillman Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Canadian Hillman Prize honouring excellence in investigative journalism in service of the common good.
  • The Hillman Prize celebrates print, digital and broadcast reporting that highlights social or economic injustice and hopefully leads to meaningful public policy change.
  • Winning entries will be judged on the following criteria:
    Eligibility: Entries must be published or broadcast in 2021 and have been made widely available to a Canadian audience.
  • Nominated material and a cover letter explaining how the entry meets the requirements can be submitted here .

Rentals.ca Network, Inc. Launches, Bringing Together 6 Rental Marketplaces in Canada

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Thursday, September 30, 2021
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More efficiencies are on the horizon as technologies are integrated, and best practices and key features are applied to all marketplaces.

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  • More efficiencies are on the horizon as technologies are integrated, and best practices and key features are applied to all marketplaces.
  • The Rentals.ca Network has already achieved synergies by merging sales, human resources and billing, which provide cost savings across the network.
  • Since 2019, 110,000 small mom and pop landlords have listed properties with one of the six rental marketplaces resulting inover 240,000 listed properties through our easy-to-use e-commerce experiences.
  • This will allow the company to better predict trends, and help clients make better decisions in developing new rental housing.

Torstar reverses job cuts following collaborative consultation with Unifor

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
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HAMILTON, ON, Oct. 1, 2020 /CNW/ - Torstar has reversed the elimination of 24 jobs at the Hamilton Spectator classified call centre,following collaborative consultationwith Unifor.

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  • HAMILTON, ON, Oct. 1, 2020 /CNW/ - Torstar has reversed the elimination of 24 jobs at the Hamilton Spectator classified call centre,following collaborative consultationwith Unifor.
  • Following discussion with Unifor National President Jerry Dias, Torstar's new owners, Jordan Bitove and Paul Rivett, stepped up to cancel the job move initiated by previous ownership, opting to invest in Canadian workers instead.
  • "We remain committed to working in partnership with Unifor and other stakeholders to achieve that objective."
  • Unifor is Canada's largest union in the private sector and represents 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy.

NordStar Completes Acquisition of Torstar

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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TORONTO, Aug. 5, 2020 /CNW/ -NordStar Capital LP today announced the completion of the acquisition of Torstar Corporation.

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  • TORONTO, Aug. 5, 2020 /CNW/ -NordStar Capital LP today announced the completion of the acquisition of Torstar Corporation.
  • Today marks the beginning of a new era for the Torstar group of newspapers, including the Toronto Star, the Hamilton Spectator, Waterloo Region Record, St. Catharines Standard, Niagara Falls Review, Welland Tribune, and Peterborough Examiner.
  • "From the outset we've believed in the future of world-class journalists and world-class journalism that builds on the Star's storied history.
  • As we collectively confront challenges of this day and age, the Star will maintain its leadership position."

Torstar Corporation: Result Of Voting For Directors At Annual Meeting Of Class A Shareholders

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
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Torstar Corporation is a broadly-based media company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TS.B).

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  • Torstar Corporation is a broadly-based media company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TS.B).
  • Its businesses include the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper, six regional daily newspapers in Ontario including The Hamilton Spectator, and more than 70 weekly community newspapers in Ontario; flyer distribution services: and digital properties including thestar.com (with local editions in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Halifax), wheels.ca, toronto.com, save.ca, a number of regional online sites and eyeReturn Marketing.
  • It also holds a majority interest in VerticalScope, a North American vertically-focused digital media company.

Torstar Announces Completion of Sale of Hamilton Building

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Monday, March 2, 2020
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TORONTO, March 2, 2020 /CNW/ -Torstar Corporation announced today that it has completed the sale of the land and building used by the Hamilton Spectator at 44 Frid Street in Hamilton, for a purchase price of $25,750,000.

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  • TORONTO, March 2, 2020 /CNW/ -Torstar Corporation announced today that it has completed the sale of the land and building used by the Hamilton Spectator at 44 Frid Street in Hamilton, for a purchase price of $25,750,000.
  • Torstar Corporation is a broadly-based media company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TS.B).
  • Its businesses include the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper, six regional daily newspapers in Ontario including The Hamilton Spectator, and more than 70 weekly community newspapers in Ontario; flyer distribution services: and digital properties including thestar.com (with local editions in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Halifax), wheels.ca, save.ca, toronto.com, a number of regional online sites and eyeReturn Marketing.
  • It also holds a majority interest in VerticalScope, a North American vertically-focused digital media company.

Torstar Corporation: Result of Voting for Directors at Annual Meeting of Class A Shareholders

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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Torstar Corporation is a broadly based media company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TS.B).

Key Points: 
  • Torstar Corporation is a broadly based media company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TS.B).
  • Its businesses include the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper, six regional daily newspapers in Ontario including The Hamilton Spectator; English-language StarMetro newspapers in several Canadian cities; more than 80 weekly community newspapers in Ontario; flyer distribution services; and digital properties including thestar.com, wheels.ca, save.ca, toronto.com, a number of regional online sites and eyeReturn Marketing.
  • Torstar also holds a majority interest in VerticalScope, a North American vertically-focused digital media company.