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Apple’s subscription news service has several Canadian media partners at launch

Apple Inc. announced a subscription news service Monday that counts the Toronto Star, La Presse, CTV News and Global News among its Canadian content suppliers.

Torstar Corp. to acquire Ottawa-based political news website iPolitics

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The company that owns the Toronto Star newspaper has signed a deal to buy iPolitics Inc., an Ottawa-based digital political news service. Financial terms of

Competition Bureau searches Torstar, Postmedia offices in newspaper swap review

Canada & World

Competition Bureau officials searched the Toronto offices of Postmedia Network Canada Corp. and Torstar Corp. on Monday as part of its investigation into their November

Competition Bureau to review Torstar Postmedia deal to buy and close newspapers

Canada & World

Canada’s competition watchdog says it will review a deal between Torstar Corp. and Postmedia Network Inc. announced Monday to sell newspapers to each other and

Update 2: Nine Ottawa newspapers to close in wake of Torstar-Postmedia deal

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Postmedia is dramatically cutting the number of newspapers published in Ottawa as it consolidates the traditional media advertising market in the nation’s capital. On Monday,

Five things to watch for in Canadian business this week

Canada & World

Growing optimism: Farm and fertilizer supplier Agrium releases financial results on Monday and holds its annual meeting on Tuesday in Calgary. The company’s future merger

Ottawa businessman says new online classified service a step above Kijiji, Craigslist

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From his humble desk at Invest Ottawa, George Borovec is hoping to turn the online classifieds business on its head. The 38-year-old entrepreneur is taking