My previous post “Who Killed Nortel?“, featured columnist James Bagnall presenting a very balanced view of the contributing factors to Nortel’s demise. Time now for the corresponding ‘unbalanced’ view:
I think many people saw the original ‘Downfall’ youtube video, but many apparently didn’t know there was actually 12 of them! While these videos don’t express my [...]
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Canadian Content laws, the reason why it often seemed Canadian radio stations in the 80’s only had a box of 45’s containing Kim Mitchell, Corey Hart, Rush, Honeymoon Suite & Bryan Adams, to fill the airwaves with music. At times it seemed ludicrous, even painful, but over the years something amazing happened: Canadian music [...]
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If you shop online (and if you’re reading this, you probably do) when was the last time that you purchased something that wasn’t 5 stars?
The online shopping world abounds with star rating systems, or their ilk. If you buy on eBay, you probably wouldn’t even consider buying from someone who had less than a 99% [...]
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James Bagnall of the Ottawa Citizen has been covering Nortel for a long time, much longer than my time with the company. It was with great interest that I heard from a co-worker that James was doing an 8-part series called “Who Killed Nortel?”.
Would it tell me things I didn’t know? Would it point the [...]
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As I was growing up, the only way I could get introduced to new music was listening to a few select stations that I could pick up in our back-woods log cabin. Aside from one musically enlightened friend who gave me guidance (thanks!), I was at the whims of these stations DJ’s and program [...]
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