RandAlThor

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[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

Wow this is huge.

 

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/09/rogers-buys-out-bells-stake-in-raptors-parent-company.html

Rogers purchased Bell’s 37.5% stake in the company for $4.7 billion in Canadian dollars, per Sportico, which works out to approximately $3.48 billion USD based on the current exchange rate. That puts the overall valuation of MLSE at around $9.3 billion.

In addition to the Raptors, MLSE controls the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, MLS club Toronto FC, and a handful of smaller sports teams, such as the Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League) and Raptors 905 (G League). The company also owns and operates Scotiabank Centre and OVO Athletic Centre, the Raptors’ home arena and practice facility, respectively.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

LMAO @ "tech" company. They are trying to get higher valuation. I don't see that happening.

 

Investigators concluded Beijing's influence attempt didn't break elections law

 

The Alberta government has officially handed back more than $137 million to the federal government after running out of time to spend the cash to clean up old oil and natural gas wells.

Questions remain about why the provincial government was unable to use the much-needed funding, considering there are tens of thousands of inactive wells.

Many companies are also disappointed that the full amount wasn't spent because of the loss of reclamation work it would have created.

 

QB Tua Tagovailoa has no plans to retire, sources say. He’s already begun seeing concussion specialists and will continue to do so, but there is no timeline to return. Tua will be back when he and his doctors deem him healthy and ready.#

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago
[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

Bills quarterback Josh Allen was asked about Tagovailoa during his post-game interview. “If you know Tua outside of football, like I do and you do, you can’t help but feel for him," he said. "He's a great football player, but he's an even greater human being. He's one of the best humans on the planet. I got a lot of love for him.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 34 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The laws were passed under conservatives weren't they? Tells you all there's you need to know. All they care about are the rich and corporations which are owned by the rich.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

We've needed a better industrial policy/strategy for quite sometime now, way before Trudeau happened. We have been falling behind in productivity, in investment in research and IP, all leading indicators of creation of wealth and prosperity for decades. We just can't rely on oil and natural resource booms to keep us afloat economically. None of the prior administrations have brought that, and Trudeau's hasn't got that vision. Neither does PP quite frankly. He hasn't said jack that talks to how we're going to be more competitive, nor does he have the brains for it.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

we’re almost at the back of the pack of ~40 countries in terms of disability services

This is what has fallen behind since Liberals steered towards the center a few decades ago. It's sad really.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

So otherwise known as the Knicks rule?

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Honestly, his brain is smaller than I had previously thought. Who the F is electing this moron? Because I sure as heck didn't.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's obvious markets are not efficient. There is NOT a single market in North America that is NOT regulated. So let's throw out that "free market" bullshit. Free market existed in early days of industrialization. It didn't work. If it did we'd still have slave labor and child labors working 7 days a week up to now. So what is needed is for governmentS - with an emphasis on S - the freakin provincial, municipal, and feds, to make it WORK. Housing is a necessity, not just a capitalist investment tool.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Dirty Alberta does it again.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago

United States of Aristocracy.

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